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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:
  • "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.
  • verification.office101@yahoo.co.uk
  • verification_notif1@ubbi.com
  • verification_notif2@ubbi.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC." <liveresulttoday18@me.by>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:24:43 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAS WON!!!


*THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT **AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION.* **

*Winning Numbers*
*11*
*13*
*26*
*34*
*44*
*48*
**
*AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE *
**
*Dear Lucky Winner*
*We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 19th of July
2008 from the Australian International Lottery Programme with the following
information:* ** *Date: 19/07/2008
Ref: GB8701/LPRC
Batch: 8056490902 /188
Winning no: 475061725* *Which is fully based on an electronic selection of
winners using their e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket
number; 575061725 8056490902 serial number 6741137002 This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows: * *11-13-26-34-44-48 bonus number 17,which
consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been
approved a prize of US$200,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst
eight lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected through
a computer balloting system drawn from One hundred thousand E-mail addresses
from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa
as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
* *This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies in Australia 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$200,000.00 will be released to you from our Australian regional branch
bureau in NIGERIA.* *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 Fiducial Agent:**
* *CONTACT NAME: DR ARNOLD JAMME.
CLAIMS VERIFICATION OFFICE REGIONAL 31 OFFICE
OFFICE ADDRESS: 51-54 CHRIST CHURCH CLOSE
OWERRI IMO STATE NIGERIA
EMAIL ADDRESS: ****<http://us.f525.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=verification.office101@yahoo.co.uk>
*verification_notif1@ubbi.com<http://us.f525.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=verification.office101@yahoo.co.uk>
*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. 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 29th of *August *2008, otherwise all funds will be
returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.Congratulations once
again on your winning!* *ALSO ENSURE YOU TYPE THE E-MAIL ADDRESS CORRECTLY
TO ENSURE SAFE & QUICK MAIL DELIVERY/RESPONSE. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY
ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.*
**** *[image: WIN IT ALL]<http://www.nationallotto.co.za/Promotions.aspx?ID
*
**
*[image: You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize]
***
*Best Regards.*
*Rev Father Kennedy *
*PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. *
*CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW: *
*NAME: DR ARNOLD JAMME.**
<http://us.f525.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=verification.office101@yahoo.co.uk>
*verification_notif2@ubbi.com<http://us.f525.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=verification.office101@yahoo.co.uk>

Anti-fraud resources:

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