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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 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.
  • +2348038757839 (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.
  • drcharlesibeh@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY" <lotteryoffice13@mail.mn>
Reply-To: drcharlesibeh@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:12:43 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your email has won 1,000,000.00 pounds


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


Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 2nd of July
,2008 from the Australian International Lottery programmer. Which is fully
based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses
from some site. Your email address 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 1,000,000.00pounds (One
Million Great Britain Pounds) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from
the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.
All participant 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 Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds)
will be released to you from this regional branch office in NIGERIA. We hope
with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes
for 7.8 Billion Great Britain Pounds international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact our fiducial agent, DR CHARLES IBEH at

drcharlesibeh@yahoo.com

+234-8038757839

To file for your claim .

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 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 programmer by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the end of July, 2008, otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organizations.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
Carol Sweet
(co-ordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
drcharlesibeh@yahoo.com
Tel:+234 8038757839

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

Find below the details of the Claims Agent and contact him with the
following details for verifications:

1.FULL NAME,
2.FULL ADDRESS,
3.NATIONALITY,
4.AGE,
5.OCCUPATION,
6.MOBILE/TELEPHONE NUMBER,
7.DATE OF WINNING AWARD,
8. SEX,
9.TOTAL AMOUNT WON,
10.BATCH/REF.,NUMBERS

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

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