419 scam: Australian Lottery Inc <gurdeepbhamra@btopenworld.com> You have won $800,000USD

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (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.
- michaelsmith4u51@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Australian Lottery Inc <gurdeepbhamra@btopenworld.com>
Reply-To: mrsamjohnson8@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:09:20 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: You have won $800,000USD

AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.

MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD

Date 09/12/2010
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no: KB8701/LPRC..

Congratulations

Dear SIR/MADAM,

It is our great pleasure to inform you of your prize release on 9th DEC 2010 from the AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATE. These lotteries are fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your e mail address was attached to ticket number; 4007453211 serial number 87529628173

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 28-41-22-17-82 bonus number 30, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$800,000,usd (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED US DOLLARS) from the total cash prize of US$14,000,000.00 shared amongst twenty lucky winners in this category.

All email addresses were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form 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 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 African Regional office in Nigeria, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$800,000,usd will be released to you from our African correspondent where we have our corporate head quarters.. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$2.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: SIMPLY CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT michaelsmith4u51@yahoo.com

OUR FUDICIARY AGENT MR MICHAEL, WITH YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER, TELEPHONE NUMBER, COUNTRY, BATCH NUMBER AND WINNING NUMBER WHICH COULD FOUND AT THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS MAIL TO FILE IT.

MR MICHAEL
EMAIL ADDRESS: michaelsmith4u51@yahoo.com
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mr Michael with the followings details below:

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.COMPANY NAME
8.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
9.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
10.STATE:
11.COUNTRY:
12. NEXT OF KIN:
13.HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A WINNER:
14.AMOUNT WON:

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-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note all winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th DEC 2010 otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually send the fund back to the Australian Organization.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

PLEASE DO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT MR Michael AT michaelsmith4u51@yahoo.com

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

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