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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:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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.
  • dr_davidtarrens@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3adr_davidtarrens@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "australia-international-lottery@mailbox.hu" <dr_davidtarrens@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 21:58:10 +0300
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE


FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY CORPORATION

Date:20/05/2008
Ref: 575061/03
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21


AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE

Attn:

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Australian
International Lottery Programmes held on the 20 of may 2008 from the
Australian International Lottery programme. Which is fully base on an
electronic selection of winners using heir e-mailaddresses.Your name was
attached to ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number 67749137002.
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14,
which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You are here by
have been approved a lump sum pay of Euros 2,000,000.00 (two MILLION EUROS)
in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the total cash prize shared
amongst Eight lucky winners in this category. Due to mix up of some numbers
and names, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to your
nominated bank. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims
and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some participants. All
participants where selected through a computer/mail 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 and also the Australian Government 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 EUROS 2,000,000.00 will be released to
you from our regional branch office in CYPRUS. We hope with part of your
prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for EUROS 6
Million international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM SIMPLY CONTACT YOUR REGIONAL CLAIMS AGENT.
*************************************************************************
DR, DAVID TARRENS
EMAIL:dr_davidtarrens@yahoo.com <EMAIL%3Adr_davidtarrens@yahoo.com>
*************************************************************************
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize has been released to you and also to the public. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage
of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 15th of june 2008;otherwise
all funds will be forfeited. Congratulations once again on your winning .

BEST REGARDS,

MRS ROSE BRIGGS.
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
AT:dr_davidtarrens@yahoo.com <AT%3Adr_davidtarrens@yahoo.com>

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

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