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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:

• 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")
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • elden.austin@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Austral Winners <elden.austin@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 16:44:33 +0000
Subject: congratulation!!!











AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY BOARD


HEAD OFFICE.6123 Cool Street RdPaulgreenvulle Ax34587,Australia.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

BATCH NUMBER: 7056490902/188 WINNING NUMBERS: GB8701/LPRC
REFFERENCE NUMBERS: 475061725
ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD
WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AUSTRALIA. Dear Sir/Madam, We
are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 4 June 2007,
from the Australian Lotto incorporated program. This is a bonus to
promote lotto in Australia Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses form some site. Your email address was attached to ticket number; 47061725 serial number 7741137002
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus
number17,which consequently won the lotto 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
Lotto 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 withinour European
representative officein Amsterdam,Holland, asindicated in your play

coupon and your prize of (US$500,000.00) will be released to
you from
this regional branch office in Nigerian. We hope with part of your prize,
you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billioninternational draw.
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 fiducia Agent,elden austin
At (elden.austin@yahoo.com)
to file for your claim. YOUR FULL DATA FOR
CLAIM: FULL NAME: ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE NUMBER: AGE: SEX: NATIONALITY: OCCUPATION: REFRENCE NUMBER: BATCH NUMBER: WINNING NUMBER: BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION:

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 this programme, 2007;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity organizations.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION. AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY AWARD OF US$500,000.00 DOLLARS
Yours faithfully, APPROVED
elden austin
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes International Program.

THANKS:MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS; MICROSOFT
CORPORATION
uk.MICROSOFT CORPORATION
AFRICA.MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT (elden.austin@yahoo.com)





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