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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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!
• 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.
  • +2348032092169 (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_johnpeter01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "teresa john" <teresajohn@jsmithil.com>
Reply-To: theresaj2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:47:08 -1200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

Date: 15/09/2007
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Lucky Winner,


We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the
6th, December, 2006 from the Australia 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
5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the
lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDERED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/06 from the total cash prize
of US$8,000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen 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 conglomorate 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) fall within our African representative office in
Nigeria,West Africa, as indicated in your play coupon and
your prize of US$500,000.00 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 nternational
draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiducial agent In
Nigeria, Rev. Father John Peter at
(rev_johnpeter01@yahoo.com) TEL, +234 8032092169. 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 programme by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 27th Octorber ,
2007 otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity Congratulations once again on
your winnings!!!

Best Regards
Mrs Teresa John Constance(co-ordinator)


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