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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)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states 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.
  • agentmorr.anderson@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • agentmorr.anderson@rocketmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <agentmorr.anderson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:23:23 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!YOUR EMAIL HAS WON ($400,000USD) AUSTRALIAN INTL
LOTTERY!!!


















THE AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.

DATE:04/11/2008
REFERENCE
NO:675161724
BATCH NO: 7050470902/126
WINNING NO:
GB8102/LP

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!!
CONGRATULATION!!!

Dear
Sir/Madam,

We are
delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 4th of November 2008 from
the AUSTRALIA 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; 47061725 07056490902 serial number
7741137002.

This batch
draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus
number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the
second category, you have been approved a lump sum pay of US$400,000.00 (FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.

All
participant were selected through computer balloting system drawn form Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United State, Asia,
Europ, 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 detail (e-mail address) falls within our representative office in Africa as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$400,000.00 will be released
to you from this regional branch office in Nigeria. 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 fiduciary agent, REV MORRISON
ANDERSON: Email: (agentmorr.anderson@gmail.com or agentmorr.anderson@rocketmail.com)


By filling
this form below and send it to him to file for your claim
.

LOTTERY
WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.


FULL
NAME....................................................................................

DATE OF
BIRTH............................................................................

ADDRESS.......................................................................................

SEX...................................................................................................

AGE...................................................................................................

NATIONALITY................................................................................

OCCUPATION................................................................................

TELEPHONE...................................................................................

EMAIL................................................................................................

DATE..................................................................................................

WINNER
REF/BATCH NO............................APPROVED FOR
PAYMENT.


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 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
personel.

NOTE,
all winnings must be claimed before the end of this programme; otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organization.

CONGRATULATIONS,



Customer Service:




Congratulations once again on your
winnings!!!



Mrs. Carol
Sweet
(Co-oordinator).
www.australianlottery.com

PLEASE DO
NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR
CLAIMS
AGENT REV
MORRISON ANDERSON:
Email: agentmorr.anderson@gmail.com or agentmorr.anderson@rocketmail.com


YOU MUST
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH ALL THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES THAT HAVE BEEN INDICATED
FOR CLEARIFICATIONS.

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



















































Vanessa Smith was one of our previous lucky
winners in the first half of the year to share the Lotto Rollover Jackpot , each
scooping a massive 600,000
Dollars.

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