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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 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.
  • +2348030684822 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.jerrybruce@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Elle Roland" <mrselleroland008@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.jerrybruce@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:21:57 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS....YOU HAVE WON US$850,000.00 IN THE AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY!!


http://forbiddenfetish.net/sec/jfjfdhfhfhdfhdhsdbbbbbbbbbadadasdasdadad.php


5th Floor East, Commonwealth Center
55 Currie Street, Adelaide SA 5000,
South Australia.
Date: 20th/MAY/2008
Ref No: 475061725
Batch No: 7056490902/133
Winning No: GB701/LPRC
Insurance No: FLS 433/453L/ALP

Dear Winner Of The Year,

CONGRATULATIONS !

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 20th MAY, 2008
from the Australian International Lottery program. Which is fully based on
an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your name
was attached to ticket number; 7458222754, batch number 7056490902/133. This
batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-17-43-47-52 bonus number 17,which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$850,000.00 (EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/MW 47509/02
from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.All participant were elected through a computer balloting system
drawn from 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.We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.5 Million international
draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially agent, DR JERRY BRUCE
A at (dr.jerrybruce@gmail.com) to file for your claim. Please quote your
Date of draw,reference, batch and winning numbers which can be found on the
top left corner of this notification 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 programmed by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the 5th JUNE, 2008; otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charitable
homes. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL; CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT :
EMAIL: dr.jerrybruce@gmail.com
Phone: +234 803 0684 822

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION.

Congratulations once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs. Elle Roland
Assistant To The Promotional Manager
Australian International Lottery Inc,
South Australia.

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