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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)
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
  • "amsterdam holland" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • abeweiss08@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MICROSOFT AUSTRALIAN ONLINE LOTTERY abeweiss08@hotmail.com" <beastiemike1986@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:49:19 -0400
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON..

AUSTRALIAN LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Sydney Australia

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS
MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, AUSTRALIA
LOTTO LOTTERY INCORPORATION:

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

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 9TH OF
september, 2008 from the Australian International Lottery programme,
Which was fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses , your e-mail address was attached to ticket number
47061725 07 056490902 serial number
7741137002.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum of US$400,000.00(DOLLARS) in
cash credit file ref ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of
US$2,000,000.00(DOLLARS)
shared amongst 10lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from one hundred thousand E-mail addresses from canada,Australia,United
state,
Europe ,MiddleEast ,Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of
their social responsibility to the citizens in the communitties 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$,400,000,00USD.

been the HOST of the event this year:
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year highstakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN
CONTACTING YOUR AGENT:
Ref:Batch:ALLI
NC70564943902/188 4758961725
Winning no:FGNGB2701/LPRC

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,
Simply contact our fiducial agent, REV FR ABE WEISS , at
abeweiss08@hotmail.com

to file for your claim.
KINDLY FILL THE CLAIMS VERIFICATION/PROCESSING FORM BELOW SEND TO HIM:
FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:................
CONTACTADDRESS:.................................
CITY/STATE:................................................
COUNTRY:...................................................
NATIONALITY:...........................................
SEX:.......................AGE: ....................
MARITALSTATUS: ...............................
TEL NO:............................FAX:................
OCCUPATION:.........................................
AMOUNTWON:.......................................
REFENCENO:..........................................
BATCH NO:................................ ..............


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 as to help us 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 programme by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST beclaimed on or before the 25TH september 2008.

otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity.

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of
AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY Cooperation to all our lucky winners this year.
Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Carol Smith(co-ordinator).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
abeweiss08@hotmail.com

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

THANKS
MANAGEMENT,

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