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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)
• 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 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 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.
  • +2348037100775 (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.
  • mrsroselawson@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY BOUNS <payne_matthew08@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mrsroselawson@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:36:56 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAS WON THE SUM OF $500,000.00USD



YOUR EMAIL IS ONE OF THE EMAILS THAT WON THIS YEARS
AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO
BE PART OF THIS DRAW OF LOTTERY. IT IS BY RANDOM
SELECTION OF SOME EMAILS, WHICH IF YOUR EMAIL IS ONE,
YOU ARE A WINNER.
Contact your claims agent via phone +234-803-710-0775

DATE:19/12/2008
REF NUMBER:575061725
BATCH NUMBER:8056490902/188
WINNING NUMBER:GB8101/LPRC
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
Mrs. Rose Lawson
VIA;mrsroselawson@yahoo.com

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

ATTENTION: Lucky Recipient.

We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was
released on 19th DECEMBER 2008, from the Australian
International Lottery program, which is fully based on an
electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses
from some sites. Your email address was attached to Ticket Number;
4700172507056490102 and Serial Number 7741134002.This batch draws
the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and Bonus Number 17,which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of $500,000.00 USD
(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/HW47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky
winners in this category.All participants 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 promotion
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 an operational base.Furthermore, your details (e-mail
address) fall within our European representative office in
Amsterdam,Holland as indicated in your play coupon and your
prize of USD$500,000.00 will be released to you from this
regional office in NIGERIA. We hope that with part of your
prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.5 Billion international draw. To file
for your claim,

please contact our director of finance who is your claims agent.
Name:Mrs. Rose Lawson
Email:mrsroselawson@yahoo.com
Tel: +234-803-710-0775

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 program by
non-participants or unofficial personnel.

Note: all winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th DECEMBER
2008 otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity organizations.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Payne Matthew.
Coordinator,Australian Lottery Inc.

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