419 scam: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC." <khan----urman@att.net> Date: 21/03/2011 Ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 Batch: 8056490902/188 Winning Numbers 1 2

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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:

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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "fredmarts@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "fredmarts@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC." <khan----urman@att.net>
Reply-To: fredmarts@live.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:00:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Date: 21/03/2011 Ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 Batch: 8056490902/188 Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21 AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE ATTN Winner, We are delighted to inform you that you have won prize money of Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars (US$850, 000.00) for the year 2011 seasonal lottery promotion, which is organized by British lottery Inc. Today your E-mail-ID was selected through the computer ballot system, as one of the winners Of British Lottery programmer. Therefore, you hereby have been appr

Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21

Date: 21/03/2011
Ref: ILP/HW 46704/03
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21

AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE

ATTN Winner,

We are delighted to inform you that you have won prize money of Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars
(US$850, 000.00) for the year 2011 seasonal lottery promotion, which is organized by British lottery Inc.
Today your E-mail-ID was selected through the computer ballot system, as one of the winners Of British
Lottery programmer.
Therefore, you hereby have been approved a lump sum of US$850,000(DOLLARS) in cash credit file Ref: ILP/HW
46704/03 from the total cash prize of US$6,800000 (DOLLARS) shared among eight lucky winners in this
category.
You have to contact our claim agent for your payment process and include your personal information and

"Ticket Number & Serial Number" for smooth transaction
*******************************************************
Name.....................................
Address...............................
Country...............................
Date of birth.......................
Sex...................................
Amount won.....................
Occupations.......................
Cell phone number..........
Home phone number......
Fax number.......................
********************************************************
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZES;
Simply fill and forward the above information to our Claim agent through his below contact information:
Simply contact our claims agent,
MR FRED MARTINS
fredmarts@live.com

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th of June 2011;
otherwise all funds will be forfited.

Congratulations once again on your winning!

BEST REGARDS
KLINT ADAMS (MRS)
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

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

Copyright 2009-2011 Australian lotto International .Alright

ATTN Winner,

We are delighted to inform you that you have won prize money of Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars
(US$850, 000.00) for the year 2011 seasonal lottery promotion, which is organized by British lottery Inc.
Today your E-mail-ID was selected through the computer ballot system, as one of the winners Of British
Lottery programmer.
Therefore, you hereby have been approved a lump sum of US$850,000(DOLLARS) in cash credit file Ref: ILP/HW
46704/03 from the total cash prize of US$6,800000 (DOLLARS) shared among eight lucky winners in this
category.
You have to contact our claim agent for your payment process and include your personal information and

"Ticket Number & Serial Number" for smooth transaction
*******************************************************
Name.....................................
Address...............................
Country...............................
Date of birth.......................
Sex...................................
Amount won.....................
Occupations.......................
Cell phone number..........
Home phone number......
Fax number.......................
********************************************************
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZES;
Simply fill and forward the above information to our Claim agent through his below contact information:
Simply contact our claims agent,
MR FRED MARTINS
fredmarts@live.com

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th of June 2011;
otherwise all funds will be forfited.

Congratulations once again on your winning!

BEST REGARDS
KLINT ADAMS (MRS)
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

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

Copyright 2009-2011 Australian lotto International .Alright

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