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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:
  • " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +2348034323939 (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.
  • drskadams222@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "THE AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC." <notification@australianlottery.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:29:21 -1200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Center
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000,
South Australia.

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail
address ballot lottery draw of the Australian cash-out lotto
international pro gramme,which took place on the (1th of
June. 2008).This is a computer generated lottery of Internet
users using email addresses
for draws.

This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of
winners using their e-mail addresses from different World
Wide Web-sites.Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew
the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of US$300,000.00 (THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file
ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.

This is from the total cash prize of US$2,500,000 Million
Dollars,shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in
this category.All participant were selected randomly 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 me which is conducted
annually.This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of 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
Africa representative office in Abuja, Nigeria, as indicated
in your play coupon and your prize of US$300,000.00 will be
released to you from our regional branch office in Africa
office.We hope with part of your prize, you will participate
in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.Our agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as
you contact them

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact our Agent :Dr. S.K Adams
Email : drskadams222@yahoo.com
Phone :+234 8034323939

You are requested to fill this form below and send it to
Dr. Adams for immediate process and release of your prize.


LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULL NAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................
AGE..................................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................


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(VERY SECRET) from the public until
your claim is processed and your prize money
remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this pro gramme by some unscrupulous elements,equally to
guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking
undue advantage of this program me. Note that, all winnings
MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE THE END OF
THIS MONTH) otherwise all funds will be returned as
Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky
dip sweepstakes.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Yours in service,


Sincerely,
ROBERT WILLIAMS.
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO INC.

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