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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:

• 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:
  • "australian lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348064601802 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.walkerphill@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIA LOTTO INC. LONDON" <aust_lotto_inc1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: rev.walkerphill@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:11:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION, YOU HAVE WON $500,000USD


AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Year 2007

Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
Australian Lottery Bonanza


Dear Sir/Madam
The Lucky Winner

We are delighted to inform you of your prize released by the Australian International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVE 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 form 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 a conglomerate 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 Nigeria representative office in Africa, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to you from our 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.

Simply contact your claims agent, REV. WALKER PHILL
Email: (rev.walkerphill@yahoo.co.uk, +234-8064601802 ) to file for your 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 full 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 program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note,
All winnings MUST be claimed before the end of claiming perriod; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity Congratulations once again on your wining.

PLEASE REPLY THIS EMAIL TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT REV. WALKER PHILL at (Email: rev.walkerphill@yahoo.co.uk, +234-8064601802 )


Best Regards
Mrs Roosevelt Sam
(For co-ordinator)





BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.



THANKS:
MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.

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