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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:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +447045743425 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • tsb_bankonline@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: grace william <gracewilliams43cord2007@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:49:25 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FROM NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK (NAB).




AUSTRALIA BANK LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor EastCommonwealth Centre55 Currie StreetAdelaide SA 5000,South Australia. 14th
NOV, 2007

Dear Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS!
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from 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 2647560054188 serial number 75368/02.
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows :




which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum of £220,000.00(POUNDS) in cash credit file ref ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of £660,000.00 (POUNDS) shared amongst three lucky winners in this category.
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from canada,Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communitties where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in Hendron City, London,as indicated in your play coupon Your prize of £220,000.00GBP, will be released to you from our regional bankers in London:Address: Tsb Bank ,Hendron District City 208 Carlton Center by Commissioners Street, Hendron city London Tel: +44-704-574-3425

You are to contact the paying Bank with this Email address:
tsb_bankonline@yahoo.com
We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £1.3 Billion international draw.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN CONTACTING YOUR BANK:
Ref: 4758961725 Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning no: HL/5368/PPRC

Full Name:......
Age:......
Mobile Phone Number:....
Occupation:....
Nationality:....
Date:.......
Address:.....
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,Simply contact our Banker, Dr Clemens Boersig.
Sincerely,

Grace William(Co-ordinator)
Past winners round the world are full of excitment


COPY RIGHT 2007,AUSTRALIA
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