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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447024015869 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • uklotteryclaims.agent@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: STEVEN BURTLER <togoiny2g@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: uklootonlinesteven@gawab.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:32:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: AUTHORISED/UNL/CONGRATULATION-Isakoro Matsushita


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM

Date:20-07-2006.
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International programme held on Wednesday March 1st
2006.This Draw is part of our New Year Bonus to all internet users World
Wide.Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number:56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
14-18-29-33-37-39-47(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of £516,778.00(Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred
and seventy eight pounds sterling only) /$921,201(Nine hundred and
twenty one thousand two hundred and one dollars only)in cash/check credited
to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
£3,100,673.00 shared amongst the first six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e
Prize for six balls.All participants for the online version were
selected randomly from a World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system
and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate
bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place Periodically.Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your £516,778
(Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight
pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.

Our Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you
deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be
warned.

To file for your claim, please kindly provide the following
informations and send it to our Fiduciary Agent(WALTER ATKINSON) who shall clear
you as a winner.

(1)FULL NAMES .......
(2)DATE OF BIRTH ......
(3)SEX .........
(4)MARITAL STATUS .....
(5)CONTACT ADDRESS .........
(6)PHONE NUMBERS ...........
(7)OCCUPATION........

Name: MR.WALTER ATKINSON
Email: uklotteryclaims.agent@gawab.com
Tel: +44 702 401 5869
+44 703 189 4205
Office Hours 8AM-5PM Monday-Saturday, Time in GMT



Upon receipt of the duly requested datas,he shall send to you the
contact information of the paying Office so you can proceed with effecting
the release of your funds.
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

STEVEN BURTLER
Online coordinator
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days


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