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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 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 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.
  • +447024056045 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • agentvictorhaman1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:45:56 +0000
Subject: YOU ARE ONE OF OUR LOTTERY LUCKY WINNER



FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONALPROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIANINTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY CORPORATION.Barley House Harold RoadSutton, Greater Melbourne Sm1 4te
Australia.OFFICIAL WEB SITE WWW.AUSTRALIANLOTTERY.COM.AUDate 27/11/2008Ref: 575061725Batch: 8056490902/188Winning Numbers:1226304021AWARD NOTIFICATION:FINAL NOTICE:Attention:Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the lottery resultwinners of Australian International Lottery Pro grammeheld on the 21st of November 2008 from theAustralian International Lottery pro gramme. Which
isfully based on an electronic selection of winnersusing their e-mail
addresses? Your name was attachedto ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers asfollows 2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14,
whichconsequently won the lottery in the second category.You are here by having been approved a lump sum pay ofUS$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) incash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the totalcash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in thiscategory.Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised tokeep your winning information confidential until your claimshas been processed and your money remitted to your nominatedbank. This is part of our security protocol to avoid doubleclaims and unwarranted abuse of this pro gramme by someparticipants.
All participants where selected through acomputer/mail balloting system drawn from Ninehundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceaniaas part of our international promotions program which isconducted annually.This Lottery was promoted and sponsoredby a conglomerate of some multinational companies and alsothe Australian Government as part of their socialresponsibility to the citizens in the communities where theyhave operational base. Further more your details (e-mailaddress) falls within our AFRICAN representativeoffice in Nigeria,HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:Simply contact your claims agent in United Kingdom:Name:AGENT VICTOR HAMANE-mail agentvictorhaman1@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE:+447024056045

To file for your claim.Please,fill the informationbelow and contact the regional claims agent with the filledinformation:(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 CLEARANCEPROCEDURES MUST BE DULY COMPLETED EARLY TO AVOIDIMPERSONATION ARISING TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE CLAIMS.Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number,Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found onthe top-left corner of this message while contactingyour claims agent to
help locate your file easily. Forsecurity reasons, we advice all winners to keep thisinformation confidential from the public until yourclaim is processed and your prize has been released toyou and also to the public. This is part of oursecurity protocol to avoid double claiming andunwarranted taking advantage of this program bynon-participant or unofficial personnel.Note: All winnings MUST be
claimed before the 30th ofNovember 2008; otherwise all funds will be forfeited.Congratulations once again on your winning!Best Regards,Ellis Rose Velt (MRS)(Lottery Coordinator)NOTE: ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART
OFWINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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