419 scam: "Mrs. Carol Jones"<eldergeorge1975@gmail.com> WINNINERS NOTIFICATION!

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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:
- "australian lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- jeffpoligo2002@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Carol Jones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jeffpoligo2002@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:57:35 -0700
Subject: WINNINERS NOTIFICATION!

AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY ON-LINE
6123 COOL STREET ROAD,
SOMEWHEREVULLE AX34587,
AUSTRALIA

WINNINERS NOTIFICATION!
Dear Sir/Madam:

We are delighted to inform you of your prize released on the MONDAY, 25TH September, 2017 from the Australian International Lottery programes. This is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your name was attached to ticket number 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002.This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

Therefore, you hereby have been approved a lump sum of US$450,000(DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$3,600000.00(DOLLARS) shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. Also Joint with the winning is a complementary Issue of the new 2006 BMW 760 4DR LIMITED EDITION.
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, and United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotion program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Furthermore your details(e-mail address) falls within our representative office in, USA, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS (US$450,000.00USD), will be released to you from this regional branch office.
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 PRIZES;
Simply contact our fiducial agent Rev.Jeff Poligo Email: jeffpoligo2002@gmail.com
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, telephone number and other information of yours to help us locate your file and process the transfer of your winning money.

When contacting the agent, you have to send your information to him in the order stated below:

For security reasons, we advise 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 protocols to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-winners or unofficial personnel. Otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donate to charity.

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of AUSTRALIA LOTTO PROMO INC. to all our lucky winners this year. Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery programme.

Thanks
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Carol Jones
On line co-coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes International program.

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