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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.
  • revpauljohnsonagent@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC." <germx33@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:08:48 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS...........

AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Date:4/9/2008
Ref:4758961725
Batch:ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning no:FGNGB2701/LPRC


CONGRATULATIONS...........


Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the of 4th
STEP-2008 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Which is
fully bank on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses Your name was attached to ticket number 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
513-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the
second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$600,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$4.8million shared
amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant 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 Nigeria
claiming office)and Oceania apart
of our international promotions 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 operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in France,Spain, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$600 000,.00USD, will be released to you
from this regional branch office in
Africa. 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,REVEREND
PAUL JOHNSON HIS
EMAIL ADDRESS IS(revpauljohnsonagent@gmail.com) to file for your claim.

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
yourprize 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 under two weeks of receiving this
message otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity Congratulations once again on your
winnings!!!(co-ordinator) PLEASE DO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.AND CONTACT
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

BEST REGARD,
Mrs Rose Hill
LOTTERY DIRECTOR

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