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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:
  • "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")
• 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.
  • +2348088362024 (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.
  • revstevenduka2@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Australian Lotto Inc <ausl0104@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:38:04 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification of $500,000.00





Date: 23/9/2008
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no:KB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS !

Dear Lucky winner,We are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the 30th of AUGUST 2008 from the Australian International Lottery
programme.Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners
using their e-mail addresses. Your name was attached to ticket number;
5750617258056490902 serial number 6741137002 This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows 4-13-33-37-42bonus number 17 which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500 000.00 FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS in cash credit file ref: ILP/MW 47509/02 from
the total cash prize 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 and Oceania as
part 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 African
representative office in Owerri as indicated in your play coupon and
your prize of US$500 000.00 will be released to you from this regional
branch office. 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 Rev. Father
Steve Nduka at (revstevenduka2@gmail.com) to file for your
claim.By sending him the following information:

1)Your full name

2)Your full contact address

3)Your direct telephone number mobile

4)Your Nationality

5)Your Age

6)Your present Occupation

7)Gender

Please quote your Date of draw reference batch and winning numbers
which can be found on the top left corner of this and telephone number
to help locate your file easily.

NB 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 our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note all winnings MUST be claimed on or before the 30th of September
2008;otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
Humphrey Nelson
Co-Ordinator

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
:(revstevenduka2@gmail.com)ALSO CALL HIM ON THIS PHONE NUMBER +234-8088-36-2024 ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION

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