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

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIAN ORGANIZATION 2007 <aust_org07@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:50:44 +0100
Subject: ATTN: WINNER









AUSTRALIA E-MAIL LOTTERY INC. MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD
Date 26/10/2007
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 release on the 25th of October,
2007 from the Australian International Annual 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 are hereby been approved a
lump sum pay of US$350,000.00 (THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY 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
participants 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 European
representative office in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of US$350,000.00 will be released to you
>from our regional branch office in UNITED KINGDOM. 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 are to be claimed by end of November, 2007; otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your wining. PLEASE, CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
NAME: Bar. Charles Delon deloncharles@hotmail.co.uk CLAIMS DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFO; Best regards,
Bar. Charles Delon
(European Claims Agent)
deloncharles@hotmail.co.uk APPROVED

You
are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims
department to facilitate the verification on your winning.
1. Full name..............
2. Country................
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number....... 5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation.............
7. Age.................... 8.Winning numbers......... 9.Batch numbers............ 10.Reference numbers........


Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,


MRS CAROL SMITH. (Public Relations Officer)

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, LG ELECTRONICS, MASTER CARD, MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA, PLAY STATION 2.

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