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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • auslotto_agent08@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC. <aujm94@msn.com>
Reply-To: <auslotto_agent08@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:34:03 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS" YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON THE SUM OF
$500,000.00USD ONLY.












FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE


AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY


CORPORATION.





Winning Numbers:11 13 26 34 44 48





AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE





We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 20st of December, 2008 from the Australian International Lottery Programme with the following information:





Date:23/12/2008


Ref: 575061725


Batch: 8056490902/188


Winning no: KB8701/LPRC.


AUSTRALIA.www.australianlottogame.gr.st





Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their


e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number; 575061725


8056490902 seria l number 6741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers


as follows: 11-13- 26-34-44-48 bonus number 17,which consequently won


the lottery in the second category.You hereby have been approved a


prize of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit


file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst


eight lucky winners in this category.





All participants were selected through a computer balloting system


drawn from One hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,


Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa as part


of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.





This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some


multinational companies in Australia 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 Amsterdam,Holland, as indicated in your play


coupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to you from our


Australian regional branch bureau 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, DR. Steve Williams.


at;(auslotto_agent08@yahoo.com) to file for your claim . 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. Also, you


should give in your 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 has been 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 personnel.





Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th of March 2009,


otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually


donated to charity.





DR STEVE WILLIAMS.


(AGENT MANAGER)





FILL IN THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AND SUBMIT IT TO YOUR APPOINTED


CLAIMS AGENT THROUGH HIS E-MAIL CONTACT BELOW.


(auslotto_agent08@yahoo.com)








First Name:





Last Name:





Winning Email











Phone Number:





Address:








Zip / Postal code:





City:








State:





Country:








AMOUNT WON:








ANNUAL INCOME:








OCCUPATION:








TICKET NUMBER:








SERIAL NUMBER:








WINNING NUMBER:








MARITAL STATUS:








SEX:








AGE:








STAKER:











NON-STAKED EMAIL WINNER:











Lotto winning number:








METHOD OF PAYMENT





Courier Company


OR


Bank To Bank Transfer(BTB)


(Fast Electronic Fund Transfer)(FEFT)











Congratulations once again on your winning!





ALSO ENSURE YOU TYPE THE EMAIL ADDRESS CORRECTLY TO ENSURE SAFE


& QUICK MAIL DELIVERY/RESPONSE. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON


THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.





Best Regards.








ENGR.MUSTAFA JOHN,


(CO-ORDINATOR)





MRS MARIA FARNN,


(SUPERITENDENT)





SIR RICHARD PILy,


(DIRECTOR)





PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.


CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS


BELOW:(auslotto_agent08@yahoo.com)


Yours Truly

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