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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:
  • "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.
  • +2348035086157 (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.
  • revpeterlawson2007@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Australian Lottery Inc <revpeterlawsonnew1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:45:37 +0200
Subject: Congratulation on your winnings!!!!!!!


AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER:AUSTRALIA
Date 17/10/2007
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC

Dear Sir/Madam

The Lucky Winner

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the
17th OCT, 2007 from 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 5-13-33-37-42 bonus 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
Amsterdam,within our European representative office in
Holland ,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 international draw.


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial
agent,

Rev.Peter Lawson,
Email: revpeterlawson2007@yahoo.fr
Phone Number:+234 8035086157


FILL THIS FORM AND SEND IT TO YOUR AGENT Rev.Peter Lawson

FULL
NAME:.............
ADDRESS:.........
DATE OF BIRTH
................
SEX:..................
AGE:.................
OCCUPATION:.......................
TELEPHONE
NUMBER:...................
EMAIL
ADDRESS:.......
DATE:..............
WINNER
NUMBER:...............
REF
NUMBER:........
BATCH
NUMBER:.........

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 pro gramme
by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note,
All winnings MUST be claimed by the END of OCTOBER
,2007;otherwise
all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity Congratulations once again on your
winning.

PLEASE REPLY THIS EMAIL CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT

NAME:, Rev.Peter Lawson at

Email: revpeterlawson2007@yahoo.fr
to file for your claim.

Also call him at +234 8035086157

Best
Regards
Mrs Carol Smith(For co-ordinator)
BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS
WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

THANKS:
MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;MICROSOFT CORPORATION
UK, MICROSOFTCORPORATION AFRICA, MICROSOFT
CORPORATIONUSA,MICROSOFTCORPORATION ASIA


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