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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states 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!
• 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.
  • +2348079187297 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • dwilfred0@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Australian Lottery Promotions." <info@australianlotterypromotions.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:31:11 -1200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS

YOU HAVE WON ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS


Ref: 435062725
Batch: 7050470902/189
Winning no: GB8101/LPRC


Dear Winner,


We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was
released today being 2nd September 2008, from the Australian
International Lottery program, which is fully based on an
electronic selection of winners using their e-mail address
from some sites. Your email address was attached to ticket
number; 4700172507056490102 and serial number 7741134002.
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42
and bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in
the second category.


You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
USD$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) in
cash credit file ref: ILP/HW47509/09 from the total cash
prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected 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
promotion program which is conducted annually. This Lottery
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 an operational base.


Furthermore, your details (e-mail address) fall within our
European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
USD$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional
office in NIGERIA. We hope that with part of your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.5
Billion international draw.

To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary agent
Rev. Fr. Dennis Wilfred of the, Crystal Trust Agency Email
(dwilfred0@hotmail.com) Remember, all winning must be
claimed not later than 25th of September 2008. After this
date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications remember to quote your reference number and
batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should
there be any change of addresses do inform our agent as soon
as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note:
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Please contact Rev. Fr. Dennis Wilfred on this email address
(dwilfred0@hotmail.com) or call +2348079187297 as soon as
you receive this mail. When contacting him, please provide
him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS:

1.Name in full:
2.Address:
3.Nationality:
4.Age:
5.Sex:
6.Occupation:
7.Phone:
8.Present:

If you do not contact your claims agent within 20 working
days of this notification, your winnings would be revoked.

Sincerely yours,
Dr. Mrs. Sonia Cacho
Lottery Coordinator


Copyright (c) 2008 Australian lottery Promotions.

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