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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 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.
  • fathercostal16@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Australian Lottery Office <mrscarolsmith10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <fathercostal15@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 00:51:59 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !! Your Email Has Emerged As A Winner



Ref: 475061725Batch: 7056490902/188Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
Dear Lucky Winner,We are delighted to inform you of your prize releaseon the 1st October, 2007 from the Australian International Lotteryprogramme.Which is fully based on an Electronic selection of winnersusing their e-mail addresses Your name was attached to ticketnumber;47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,whichconsequently won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVEHUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02from the total cash prize of US$8,000,000.00 shared amongst eight luckywinners in this category.and a brand new HP Pavillion desktop computer
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawnform Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceaniaas part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of somemultinational companies as part of their social responsibility to thecitizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your details (e-mail address) fall within our Africanrepresentative office in Nigeria,West Africa, as indicated in your playcoupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 and a brand newHP Pavillion desktop computer which will be released to you fromthis regional branch office in Nigeria. We hope with part of yourprize,you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiducial agentNAME : Rev Fr. John CostalEMAIL : ( fathercostal16@yahoo.co.uk )
To file for your claim . Please quote your reference, batch and winningnumber which can be found on the top left corner of this notificationas well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locateyour file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this informationconfidential from the public until your claim is processed and yourprize released to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoiddouble claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme bynon-participant or unofficial personnel.
FILL OUT OUR ONLINE VERIFICATION FORM1.FULL NAMES:....2.ADDRESS:........3.City:...........4.State:...........5.Email Address:.....6.Postcode:..........7.Country:............8.SEX:.................9.AGE:..................9.OCCUPATION:............10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.....
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the month runs out , otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventuallydonated to charity Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
Carol Smith(co-ordinator)
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