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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.
• 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.
  • dr.hectorowen@yahoo.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR, TERRY SEMEL (CORDINATOR)" <info6@boboopenwebmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.hectorowen11@yahoo.pl
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:13:51 +0000
Subject: AUSSIE BEGGING OF THE YEAR WINNING NOTIFICATION.




Aussie International Sweepstakes,
Corporate Headquarters,
91 Station Road,
West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 7LT,
United Kingdom.


AUSSIE BEGGING OF THE YEAR WINNING NOTIFICATION.

The prestigious Aussie has set out and sucessfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the new year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over £1,000.000.00 (One Million, Great British Pounds) for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 564-75600545-188 with serial numbers AUSS/0080648302/07,Ref: AISUK/941OHK/04 ,File No: C/9080118308/02,BATCH No: 2007MJL-01, and drew the lucky numbers 564-75600545-188 which subsequently won you £1,000.000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £1,000.000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 10th of Octobar.. 2007.

Be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.To file for your claim Contact our Account Department Officer.

MR HECTOR OWEN
Aussie International Sweepstakes

Email: ( dr.hectorowen@yahoo.pl )

(Head Of Account Department)

You are advised to contact our Account Depatment with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:

1. Your Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Ref: Numbers :
4. Batch Number:
5. Phone/fax:
6. Age:
7.sex:
8.Occupation:
9.Country:
10.Marital Status
11.Discription Of individual.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative new year Anniversary Draws.

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the interative Lotteries Board Commission ;

Sincerely,
Dr.Terry Semel.
Aussie International Sweepstakes
OnLine Notification Officer.

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