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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • rev_dr_williamsholl@minister.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • atrev_dr_williamsholl@minister.com

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INT'L. AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INT'L." <nancy_co_nig4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rev_dr_williamsholl@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:05:08 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON A LUCKY DRAW. {CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!}


FROM:THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AND ON-LINE
CO-ORDINATOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD
DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
COPORATION.

ELETRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD
PRESENTATION CENTER. SOUTH-AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIA.

WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

{<<<<>>>>}.

AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INT'L.
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000,
South-Australia.
AUSTRALIA.

DATE: 28th August, 2007.



Ref: 475061725
Batch:7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC:

RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 28th August, 2007
from the Australian International Lottery programmed. Which is fully based on electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from some site. Your
email address was attached to ticket number; 17212, serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 8382-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$200,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by aconglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$200,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in NIGERIA. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially agent DIRECTOR,
REV.DR.WILLIAMS HOLL AT rev_dr_williamsholl@minister.com to file foryour claim.

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your name,address and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programmed by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the 10th September 2007; otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organization.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT ATrev_dr_williamsholl@minister.com

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TODISQUALIFICATION.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent DIRECTOR, REV.DR.WILLIAMS HOLL AT
rev_dr_williamsholl@minister.com
Phone contact+234-70-322-273-49

by filling this form below and send it to him to file


FULLNAME............................
BIRTH DATE..........................
ADDRESS.............................
SEX.........................AGE.....
NATIONALITY.........................
OCCUPATION..........................
TELEPHONE...........................
EMAIL...............................
DATE................................

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be
found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name,
address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

ANYONE BELOW EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE CAN MAKE HIS/ HER CLAIM IN
PROXY
THROUGH EITHER OF THE PARENTS AND DO INFORM THE AGENT INCHARGE.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards,
Mrs. Nancy Viduka.(Co-ordinator).


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