419 scam: "Australian Lottery Inc" <yi78@irs.org> Congratulations, your email lori@redcoyote.com has emergered as a winner

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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 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:
- ",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)
- ",500,000" (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.
- benrochiman444@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Australian Lottery Inc" <yi78@irs.org>
Reply-To: benrochiman444@gmail.com
Date: 07 May 2017 04:42:11 +0200
Subject: Congratulations, your email lori@redcoyote.com has emergered as a winner

Ref: 090061736
Batch: 80t66490902/298
Winning no: AB8701/KPRM

CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Lucky Winner lori@redcoyote.com

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release for the Year
2017 from the Australian International Lottery programme.
Which is fully based on an Electronic selection of winners using
their e-mail addresses, Your email lori@redcoyote.com was
selected and
attached to ticket number; 97061725 87056490902 serial number
4741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 4-33-23-
17-62
bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second
category.You hereby have been approved a lump
sum pay of US$2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS)in cash credit file ref: ULP/AW 77509/16 from
the total cash prize of US$20,000,000.00 shared amongst eight
lucky winners in this category.

All participant 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) fall within our
representative office in Europe, as indicated in your play coupon
and your prize of US$2,500,000.00 and
a brand new Latest Apple Laptop which will be released to you
from this regional branch office in West Bank.
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 Fiducial agent
NAME : Rev Father Benard Rochiman
EMAIL : benrochiman444@gmail.com

To file for your claim . Please quote your reference, batch and
winning number which can be found on the top left corner of
this notification as well as your full name, address and
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 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.

FILL OUT OUR ONLINE VERIFICATION FORM, WRITE DOWN YOUR DETAILS AT
THE APPROPRIATE COLUMN BELOW:

1.FULL NAMES:....
2.ADDRESS:........
3.City:...........
4.State:...........
5Email Address:.....
6.Postcode:..........
7.Country:...........
8.SEX:.................
9.AGE:..................
9.OCCUPATION:............
10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.....

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the month runs out,
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity Congratulations once again on your
winnings!!!

Best Regards
Ray Brown(co-coordinator)

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