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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:

• 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")
  • "million 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAWS" <australiannationall355@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:24:27 +0800
Subject: AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DRAWS(CONGRATULATIONS)....


AUSTRALLIAN LOTTERY PROGRAME
PAUL GREEN VILLE Ax34587,
AUSTRALIA.
Ref: 435062725
Batch: 7050490902/189
Winning no: GB8101/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 16th Of
JULY
2008, from the Australia Lotto incorporated program.This is a bonus to
promote
lotto in Australia Which is fully based on an electronic selection of
winners
using their e-mail addresses form some site.Your email address was
attached to
ticket number; 4700172507056490102 serial number 7741134002 This batch
draws the
lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus mumber17,which
consequently won the
lotto in the second category
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$3,000,000.00 (THREE
MILLION
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/09 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 Lotto 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 US$3,000, 000.00 will be released to you from this
regional
branch office in UNITED KINGDOM AND NIGERIA RESPECTIVELY.
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
fiducially agent,Dr KINGSLEY BRADSHAW. E-mail address
kingsley_bradshaw1@live.com file
for your claim contact him Monday to Friday.by
filling
this form below and send it to him to file for your claim .
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULL NAME................................................
DATE OF BIRTH.........................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX..........................................................
AGE.......................................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE............................................
EMAIL.....................................................
DATE.....................................................
EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT........................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.
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-participant or official
personnel. Note,
all winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th 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
kingsley_bradshaw1@live.com ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF
THE
WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

Carol sweet

Yours faithfully,

Carol Sweet
Online coordinator for AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes.
MME,
Sweepstakes.

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