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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")
  • "million 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)
  • ",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.
  • +2348067955797 (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.
  • kelvin_lotteryrepresentative@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3bkelvin_lotteryrepresentative@rediffmail.com
  • 3akelvin_lotteryrepresentative@rediffmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY DEPT" <awardlottowon3@mail.mn>
Reply-To: kelvin_lotteryrepresentative@rediffmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:56:33 +0100
Subject: Hello Bonafide Winner,You have won USD$1,000,000.00[ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY].


*Hello Bonafide Winner,You have won USD$1,000,000.00[ONE MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY].


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

YOUR EMAIL IS ONE OF THE EMAILS THAT WON THIS YEARS
AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO
BE PART OF THIS DRAW OF LOTTERY. IT IS BY RANDOM
SELECTION OF SOME EMAILS, WHICH IF YOUR EMAIL IS ONE,
YOU ARE A WINNER.

Contact your claims agent via phone +2348067955797


DATE:05/7/2008
REF NUMBER:475061725
BATCH NUMBER:7056490902/188
WINNING NUMBER:GB8701/LPRC

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
VIA;kelvin_lotteryrepresentative@rediffmail.com<VIA%3Bkelvin_lotteryrepresentative@rediffmail.com>


CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

ATTENTION: Lucky Recipient.


We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was released on
5th JULY 2008, from the Australian International Lottery program,
which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using
their e-mail addresses from some sites. Your email address was
attached to Ticket Number; 4700172507056490102 and Serial Number
7741134002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
5-13-33-37-42 and Bonus Number 17,which consequently won the lottery
in the second category.


You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of USD$1,000,000.00 (ONE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW47509/09
from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category. All participants were selected 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 promotion 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 an operational base.Furthermore,
your details (e-mail address) fall within our European representative office
in Amsterdam,Holland as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
USD$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional office in
NIGERIA. We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes for US$1.5 Billion international draw. To file for
your claim, please contact our director of finance.


Name: Rev.Fr.Kelvin Jerry.
Email:kelvin_lotteryrepresentative@rediffmail.com<Email%3Akelvin_lotteryrepresentative@rediffmail.com>

Tel: +2348067955797

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 program by
non-participants or unofficial personnel.

Note: all winnings MUST be claimed before the 19th JULY 2008 otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organizations.


Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Kate Ross.
Coordinator,Australian Lottery Inc.
NOTE: Do not reply to me, rather you are to contact Rev Fr.Kelvin Jerry*

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