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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "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.
  • paula_forest1965@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "winners_lotteryresults Gazeta.pl" <winners_lotteryresults@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:37:16 -0700
Subject: READ WITH COMPREHENSION (CONGRATS)


<http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/tnl_logo_topnav.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.419baiter.com/_scam_emails/419_emails_01-06_4.html&h=94&w=87&sz=4&hl=en&start=2&sig2=BYUVg02zqG8iFNEHtotvCw&um=1&tbnid=9ukW-97XXvBhNM:&tbnh=80&tbnw=74&ei=OUJmSIuwEJ-CtALqhZjDDw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daustralian%2Blottery%2Blogo%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN>

FROM THE DESK OF MANAGEMENTS,
PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.*
AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY*

Australian Lottery Incorporation
Head Office:6123 Coll Street,
Queensland Ax34587,Australia.

Our ref: A2008 SO/Ab/CI049/08






*CONGRATULATIONS!!!*

We the Board and Management of Australian Lottery, wishes to inform you
about the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program
held this month. Your email account has been selected randomly as a winner
of ($200,000.00) Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.This result is
today released to you and your email address attached in the 'A' Category.


*How To Claim*


Please contact our claims Department Mrs. Paula Forest (
paula_forest1965@yahoo.com.au) with the following information, this is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some participants.

WINNING BALLS: 15 13 26 34 46 48 2.
BATCH NUMBER: 14/0017/1PD.
REF NUMBER: EGS/2251256003/05.


Names In Full:............
Nationality:............

Place of Residence:...............
Phone numbers:..........
occupation:............. ....
Age/sex:.........................


Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications quote
your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Should there
be any change of addresses, do inform our agent as soon as possible.

We advice all winners to keep this information Confidential from the
public until your claim is processed and your prize is been 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.All winnings must be claimed before 15th of july,
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed.

Once again congratulations from our members of staff and thank you for
being one of the winners of our promotional program.


Sincerely Yours

Mrs. Paula Forest
International Relations

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam