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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.

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

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Australia Lottery <austdrawslist23@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <agentbenjaminchuks12@pc.nu>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:07:15 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS



AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000,
South Australia.


CONGRATULATIONS


We are delighted to inform you of the result of the
E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the Australian
cash-out lotto by international programme,which took
place on the 11th of Sept. 2007.This is a computer
generated lottery of Internet users using email
addresses for draws.


This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic
selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from
different World Wide Web(www)sites.Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with
Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and
bonus ball number which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of US$200,000.00 (TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in cash credit
file Ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.


This is from the total cash prize of US$2,000,000
Million Dollars,shared amongst the first Ten (10)
lucky winners in this category.All participant were
selected randomly 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 programme which is conducted annually.This
Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of 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 ourregional branch office in WEST AFRICA.We
hope with part of your prize, you will participate in
our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.Our agent will immediately commence
the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him.


PLEASE MAKE SURE TO QUOTE YOUR WINNING PARTICULARS
BELOW TO YOUR AGENT:

Ref No: 4758961725
Batch No: ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning No:GB2701/LPRC

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
Simply contact your Regional Claims Agent
Contact Person: Agent Benjamin Chuk
Email:agentbenjaminchuks12@pc.nu


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 programme by non-participant.

Note,That all winnings must be claimed before 20th of
Oct. 2007 otherwise be returned as Unclaimed. BE
WARNED!


Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!


Best Regards,
Mr Glenn Proellochs

(Coordinator)


PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT WITH THE INFORMATION ABOVE. ANY BREACH OF
CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
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