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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")
• 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.
  • raffleclaimsagent@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • verificationdirector@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Australian Raffle Draw" <emailraffle87@bigmir.net>
Reply-To: raffleclaimsagent@myway.com
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 20:09:30 +0200
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS BEEN SELECTED!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!


*AUSTRALIA E-MAIL ONLINE LOTTERY.*
[image: Australia Now] *MOTTO: FIGHTING
POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD*
Date 27/05/2008
*Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
Australian Lottery Bonanza*

*
Dear ** **Sir/Madam
The Lucky Winner

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 27th of
May, **2008 from the Australian International Annual Lottery programme.
Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number; 47061725
07056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in
the second category. You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$450,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY 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 participants 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 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.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in #2038 Winston Road West London, UK as indicated in
your play coupon and your prize of US$450,000.00 will be released to you
from our regional branch office in United Kingdom. ** 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 programme by non-participant or unofficial
personnel.

Note,*
*All winnings are to be claimed by 4th June, 2008; otherwise all funds will
be returned as unclaimed and eventually donated to charity .Congratulations
once again on your wining.*

*PLEASE, CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT / ATTORNEY AT **
NAME:Paul Prince @
**raffleclaimsagent@myway.com<http://us.f356.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=verificationdirector@yahoo.com>
*
**
*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CLAIMS CLEARANCE AND PROCEDURES MUST BE DULY
COMPLETED EARLY TO AVOID IMPERSONATION ARISING TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE
CLAIMS.*


*CLAIMS DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFO;*

* *
*Best regards,
Bar.Paul Prince,
(European Claims Agent)**
**raffleclaimsagent@myway.com<http://us.f356.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=verificationdirector@yahoo.com>
*

*APPROVED*
*You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims
department to facilitate the verification on your winning.*

*1. Full name..............*
*2. Country................
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number.......*
*5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation.............
7. Age....................*
*8.Winning numbers.........*
* 9.Batch numbers............*
*10.Reference numbers........*


*Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service, *
*

<http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/xx_javascript:ol%28%27http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/xx__javascript:olhttp://www.freelotto.com/offer.asp?offer%253d43761%2526amp;FID%253dfa7d27913658;%27%29;>
MRS CAROL SMITH.*
* (Public Relations Officer)*
*
*
*BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.** *
**

*THANKS:*
*MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.*
*LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;**MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, LG
ELECTRONICS,MASTER CARD, **MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION
ASIA,PLAY STATION 2.*

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