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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:
  • "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.
  • engr_andypeters@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME <wwwaustrldomain277707@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:52:40 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION, YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON $200,000.00USD.



AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY UNI,24 HIGHER AVENUE HARRIS PARK GRANVILLE NSW
0152 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA


Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS!!

Dear Sir/ Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 4th December 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; 4706172507056490902 serial
number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
5-13-33-37-42. bonus number 17,which consequently won the lotto in the second category.

You
here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$200,000.00 (TWO 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 within our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland,
as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$200,000.00 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. HOWTO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
BELOW IS THE APPLICATION FORM WHICH YOU HAVE TO FILL:
1. FULL NAMES:_________________________________________
2. DATE OF BIRTH:_____________________________________
3. SEX:___________________________ 4. MARITAL STATUS:____________________________________ 5.CONTACT ADDRESS:___________________________________ ___________________________________ 6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_________________________________
7.OCCUPATION:_________________________________________
8.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL _________________________________________________________ 9 NATIONALITY ______________________________________ 10 COUNTRY ________________________________ 11
ALSO ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY NATIONAL ID OR DRIVERS LICENSE FOR
MORE CONFIRMATION, OR ANY LEGAL IDENTIFYING DOCUMENT. Also attach your winning information. This form is to enable us have a comprehensive information about the prize winner. You have to fill this form immediately and return it back in-order to meet up with the dateline. Simply contact our fiducially agent, Engr. PETER ANDERSON on E-mail address engr_andypeters@yahoo.com to file for your claim .
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.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards Carol Sweet (co-coordinator) PLEASE DO NOT
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
engr_andypeters@yahoo.com ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION. Congratulations once again on your winnings!!! Yours faithfully,
Carol Sweet
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes International Program.


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