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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:
  • "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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
• 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.
  • +447023055885 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • agentchris@bk.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "cashout lottery australian" <cashoutl358@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:41:10 +0100
Subject: Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48!!! CASH-OUT LOTTO!!!


CASH-OUT LOTTO BV
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
AUSTRALIA ZUID-OOST
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.


Date: 05/08/2008
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch: 05/763648/IPD
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of the
E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the Australian
cash-out lotto be international programme, which took
place on the 24th of August 2007.This is a computer
generated lottery of Internet users using email
addresses for draws.

This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic
selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from
different World Wide Web (www) sites.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the
lucky numbers 11 13 26 34 44 48 and bonus ball number
02 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of US$950,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/02.

This is from the total cash prize of US$9,500,000,00
Million Dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10)
lucky winners in this category. All participant were
selected Randomly 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
promotions programme which is conducted annually.

This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of 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 ENGLAND representative office in LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM, as indicated in your play coupon and
your prize of US$950,000.00 will be released to you
from the regional branch office in LONDON(UK).

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate
in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw. Our agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent,
Agent Rv.Chris. B
Email.(agentchris@bk.ru)
Phone: +447023055885
By filling this form below and send it to him
to file for your claim.


FULLNAME................................................

NATIONALITY...........................................

OCCUPATION...........................................

TELEPHONE..........................................

AGE...................................................

EMAIL.................................................

DATE......................................................


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 (VERY SECRET) from the public until your
claim is processed and your prize money
remitted/released to you.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
programmed by some unscrupulous elements, equally to
guard against non Participant or unofficial personnel
taking undue advantage of this programmed.

Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a
STIPULATED TIME (ON OR BEFORE 30th OF AUGUST 2008);
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip
sweepstakes.



Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,


Board of trustees.
Executive Co-ordinator (australian Lottery Inc).

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign
Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager
Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams
(Director International Credit Department), Mrs.
Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole
(Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE, MAKE SURE YOU
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT ABOVE.

ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION.

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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