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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:

• 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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • joosie_@hotmail.com
  • henrycharles@yahoo.com
  • slotteryclaimsdept01@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "australia lottery" <australialottoa1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:22:57 +0100
Subject: Congratulations Your Email Has Won You $500,000.00USD!!!


*FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEP STAKE LOTTERY CORPORATION.

**5th Floor East
Commonwealth Center
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000,*
*South Australia.*


*Date: 13**/7/2008** **
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188 *

*Winning Numbers:*
*1*
*2*
*26*
*30*
*40*
*21*
* AWARD NOTIFICATION:FINAL NOTICE:
*
* *
*Attention: *

*We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Australian
International Lottery Program held on **the 3rd July, 2008** from the
Australian International Lottery program. Which is fully based on an
electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses? Your name was
attached to ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number 67749137002.
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14,
which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You are here by
having been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the total cash prize
shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. **

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some participants. All participants where selected through a computer/mail
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 which is conducted
annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies and also the Australian Government 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 African representative office in Nigeria, Holland as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to you from our
regional branch office in NIGERIA*

* HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: *
**
*Simply contact our claims department in **NIGERIA** In attention of
Rev.Dr.Henry Charles: at *
* <http://uk.f273.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=joosie_@hotmail.com>*
*
<http://us.f566.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To _henrycharles@yahoo.com>*****<http://us.f566.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To _henrycharles@yahoo.com>
*dr_henrycharles48@live.com<http://us.f566.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To
slotteryclaimsdept01@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 and also to the public. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.*

*Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before **the 30th of July 2008**;
otherwise all funds will be forfeited. Congratulations once again on your
winning! *

***LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT*.


*FULL NAME..................................
DATE OF BIRTH............................
ADDRESS.....................................
SEX.............
AGE.............
MARITAL STATUS.....................
NATIONALITY............................
OCCUPATION.............................
TELEPHONE................................
FAX..................
EMAIL..............
DATE................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO................APPROVED
FOR PAYMENT.*


*PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT: *
* <http://uk.f273.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=joosie_@hotmail.com>*
**
*dr_henrycharles48@live.com<http://us.f566.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To
slotteryclaimsdept01@yahoo.com>

* *Best Regards, *
*Rev.Dr.Henry Charles**
(Lottery Claims Agent)
*
*NOTE: ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.*

* C**opyright 2004-2008 Australia lotto
International Company*

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