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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")
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "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.
  • agentvictorcarter00@yahoo.com
  • agentvictorcarter@fastermail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:36:39 -0400
Subject: Attention:Lucky Winner.

FROM :THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN
INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY CORPORATION.
Barley House Harold Road
Sutton, Greater Melbourne Sm1 4te Australia.

Date 28/10/2008
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188

Winning Numbers:
1
2
26
30
40
21
AWARD NOTIFICATION:FINAL NOTICE:



Attention:Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result
winners of Australian International Lottery Programme
held on the 1st of September 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; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number

67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows 2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14, which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You are here by having been approved a lump sum pay of

US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in
cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the total
cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.


Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential
until your claims has been processed and your money
remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claims and

unwarranted abuse of this programme by some
participants. All participants where selected through
a computer/mail 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 and also the
Australian Government 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 United Kingdom ,

as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$500,000.00 will be released to you from our
regional branch office in West Africa Nigeria.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact our regional claims agent in Africa Nigeria :

Name:AGENT VICTOR CARTER
Email:agentvictorcarter00@yahoo.com
or
agentvictorcarter@fastermail.com


To file for your claim.Please,fill the information
below and contact the regional claims agent with the filled information:


(1)FULL NAMES:...................
(2)AGE...........................
(3)SEX...........................
(4)RELIGION......................
(5)ADDRESS.......................
(6)STATE.........................
(7)COUNTRY.......................
(8)PHONE NUMBER..................
(9)FAX-NUMBER....................
(10)MARITAL STATUS...............
(11)OCCUPATION...................
(12)REF:NUMBER...................
(13)BATCH:NUMBER.................
(14)BANKING ACCOUNT DETAILS......
(15)BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER IF ANY...
(16)AMOUNT WON...................



PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CLAIMS PROCESS AND CLEARANCE
PROCEDURES MUST BE DULY COMPLETED EARLY TO AVOID
IMPERSONATION ARISING TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE CLAIMS.
Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on
the top-left corner of this message while contacting
your claims agent 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 your prize has been released to
you and also to the public. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by

non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th of
octorber 2008; otherwise all funds will be forfeited.
Congratulations once again on your winning!
Best Regards,


Ellis Rose Velt (MRS)
(Lottery Coordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT AT:

agentvictorcarter00@yahoo.com
OR
agentvictorcarter@fastermail.com


NOTE: ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION

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