419 scam: AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY AWARD <ugababe2808@aol.com> YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON YOU $500,000.00 USD!!rtsent rPŒë¸"

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

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.
- +2348025448558 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY AWARD <ugababe2808@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:17:11 -0400
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON YOU $500,000.00 USD!!

From: Vice President
INTERNATIONAL NEWS / Premium Division
The Australian international lottery lottery
CORPORATION.2008

DATE 29/09/2008
REF NUMBER: 475061725
Batch number: 7056490902/188
Fallen number: GB8701 / L PRC

Dear winner,

We are pleased to inform you of your winning prize, which was issued
Today, the Australian International Program
Lottery. You e-mail is one of our lottery prize
The winner of $ 500000.00 in the electronic screening
The winners will use Oracle.

PLEASE kindly fill out the form below and contact the claims /
The transfer agent with the information below

Name: Mr. Kelvin flow
E-mail: remit.agnt@live.com
Tel: 23480 25448558

LAST NAME :.............

FIRST NAME :...............

GENDER :....................

AGE :.......................

OCCUPATION :..................

CITIZENSHIP :................ ...

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS :............

BANKING INFORMATION :..............

MOBILE PHONE NUMBER :...............

BATCH NO :..............

REF NO :..............

WINNING NUMBER :..............

Best regards,
Mr. Michael Hudson
(Coordinator)

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