419 scam: AUSTR AWARD <award0042014@yahoo.pt> BATCH REF: DECEMBER/2014

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "lilian.hillary@outlook.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!
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.
- +447045732099 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTR AWARD <award0042014@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: AUSTR AWARD <lilian.hillary@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:02:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: BATCH REF: DECEMBER/2014

Â BATCH REF: DECEMBER/2014
This is to inform you that you won a prize money of One hundred
thousand Great British Pound [GBP 100,000,00] for the 2014 International
E-mail Draw Awards, organized by Australia Government.

Australian Government collected all the email addresses of people who are active on the
Internet , between the millions of people that subscribed to Yahoo,
Hotmail, AOL, Walla, Gmail, mail.Cz, American Mail, Mail Russian, Indian
Mail, Arabic Mail, Italian mails, and only few from other e-mail
providers. Fifty people are selected each year taking advantage of this
offer and you are one of the selected winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
The winners will be paid in accordance with the Settlement Center.
Australia Government awards must be claimed no later than 15 days from the date of
notification Draw. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited.

Listed below is your identification number:

REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511
These figures, which fall within the United kingdom Location file [ALF], you
are asked to contact our fiduciary agent in England [Mrs Lilian Hillary] on
the details below and send your winning numbers to her;

Agent Name:Mrs Lilian Hillary
E-Mail: lilian.hillary@outlook.com
Tel: +447045732099

Lottery winners form.
Full Name .................................................
Date of Birth ..................................
ADDRESS ................................................. .
SEX .........................
AGE ..................................
State ............. ...............................
Occupation ...........................................
TELEPHONE ..........................................

The winning  reference / batch No ..CHKO TBU... Approved
Congratulations! once again!

Best Regards,
Dr. (Mrs.) Lilian Hillary
(AUSTRALIA LOTTERY PROMO AGENT 2014)

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