419 scam: Stella Williams <stellawilliams2004@gmail.com> YOU HAVE WON ONE MILION UNITED STATES DOLLARS

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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.
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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- dolphinmartins10@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Stella Williams <stellawilliams2004@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:50:47 +0430
Subject: YOU HAVE WON ONE MILION UNITED STATES DOLLARS

YOU HAVE WON ONE MILION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
Attn: Winner,

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our New year
computer balloting held 17th January 2012.This is a Millennium
Scientific Computer Game in which email addresses were used.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand email addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceania as part of our international promotion program which is
conducted annually.

Your details email address fall within our European representative
office in Amsterdam, Holland as indicated in your play coupon and your
prize will be released to you via our regional office in Conakry.

This is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users;
therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.

You have been approved for the star prize of US$1,000.000.00 (One
million United State Dollars Only).

To file for your claim, contact our fiduciary agent with the below Information.

Name:Rev. Fr. Dolphin Martins
Email: (dolphinmartins10@gmail.com)
Tel: +22464625771

Ref: 435062725
Batch:7050470902/189
Winning no:GB8101/LPRC

Quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found above.

The Validity period of the winnings is for 30 working days hence you
are expected to make your claims immediately; Once again
congratulations!!!

Best Regards,

Mrs. Stella Williams.

Coordinator, Australian Lottery Inc

Copyright (c) 2012 Australian lottery Promotions.

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