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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • ausllotto_agent006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC. " <australianlottery.080@kasonlineplc.com>
Reply-To: ausllotto_agent006@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:13:28 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS"YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON THE SUM OF $500,000.00USD ONLY


FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION.

Winning Numbers:11 13 26 34 44 48

AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 20th of
June, 2008 from the Australian International Lottery Programme with the
following information:

Date:27/06/2008
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no: KB8701/LPRC.
AUSTRALIA.www.australianlottogame.gr.st<http://australia.www.australianlottogame.gr.st/>

Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number; 575061725
8056490902 serial number 6741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows: 11-13- 26-34-44-48 bonus number 17,which consequently won the
lottery in the second category.You hereby have been approved a prize of
US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED 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
from One hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa as part of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies in Australia 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 US$500,000.00 will be released to you from our Australian
regional branch bureau in NIGERIA.We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international
draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Simply contact our Fiducial Agent, DR. Steve Williams.
at;(ausllotto_agent006@yahoo.com) to file for your claim . Please quote your
Date of draw, Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can
be found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you should give in
your 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 has been 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 MUST be claimed by the 30th of August 2008, otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

DR STEVE WILLIAMS.
(AGENT MANAGER)

FILL IN THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AND SUBMIT IT TO YOUR APPOINTED CLAIMS
AGENT THROUGH HIS E-MAIL CONTACT BELOW.
(ausllotto_agent006@yahoo.com)


First Name:

Last Name:

Winning Email



Phone Number:

Address:


Zip / Postal code:

City:


State:

Country:


AMOUNT WON:


ANNUAL INCOME:


OCCUPATION:


TICKET NUMBER:


SERIAL NUMBER:


WINNING NUMBER:


MARITAL STATUS:


SEX:


AGE:


STAKER:



NON-STAKED EMAIL WINNER:



Lotto winning number:


METHOD OF PAYMENT

Courier Company
OR
Bank To Bank Transfer(BTB)
(Fast Electronic Fund Transfer)(FEFT)



Congratulations once again on your winning!

ALSO ENSURE YOU TYPE THE EMAIL ADDRESS CORRECTLY TO ENSURE SAFE & QUICK MAIL
DELIVERY/RESPONSE. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL

RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

Best Regards.



ENGR.MUSTAFA JOHN,
(CO-ORDINATOR)

MRS MARIA FARNN,
(SUPERITENDENT)

SIR RICHARD PILy,
(DIRECTOR)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS
BELOW:(ausllotto_agent006@yahoo.com)
Yours Truly,

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