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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • mrkelvinwilliamsclaimsoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIA LOTTERY PROM" <austrlot008@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:02:22 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!


HEAD OFFICE
6123 COOL STREET ROAD
SOMEWHEREVULLE AX34587,
AUSTRALIA

Date: 17th/7/2008
Ref: 435062725
Batch No: 7050490902/189
Winning Ticket No: GB8101/LPRC
Insurance No: FLS 433/453L/ALP


CONGRATULATIONS!!


Dear winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the
17th/7/2008, from the Australian 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 from
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 number23,which consequently won the lotto in the
second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$450,000.00 (FOUR
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND 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$450,000.00 will be released to you from
this regional branch office in UNITED KINGDOM AND SWIZERLAND 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 Regional Claims Agent
Name: Mr Kelvin Williams
E-mail:mrkelvinwilliamsclaimsoffice@gmail.com

by filling this form below and send it to him<Mr Kelvin Williams> to
file for your claim .

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

NAME:..................................................
AGE:.....................................................
SEX:......................................................
ADDRESS:............................................
EMAIL:.................................................
TEL.:.....................................................
OCCUPATION:........................................
COUNTRY:.............................................
BANK NAME AND ADDDRESS................
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER......................
SWICH CODE (OPTIONAL)


WINNER REF/BATCH NO ILP/HW 47509/09 APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

Please call you regional claims office if you have any problem while
fill the application form

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
unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 31t /8/ 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 ( coordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT with
mrkelvinwilliamsclaimsoffice@gmail.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 International Program.
2008 copyright

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