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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:

• 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.
  • @gawab.com

Fraud email example:

From: "microsoft award" <infoclaiming01@gawab.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:28:26 GMT
Subject: Claiming Procedure.



Dear Lucky Winner,
Once again congratulation over your winning Fund In the emails lottery
promotion.
This is what you will do next to enable you claim your winning funds
as laid down by the lottery board of control.
Fill this CLAIMING RELEASE FORM bellow and send it immediately to this
e-mail Address and Phone me after you have sent the form to this Email
address because I am a very busy person.
Regard.
Claiming Manager.
Mr. Adam Smith.
Tel: +226-76-35-94-53 .
AWARD FUNDS RELEASE FORM (EMLK/85-045)
PERSONAL DETAILS
(1)YOUR FULL NAME:..............................................
(2)CONTACT ADDRESS:...........................................
(3)SEX........................................................................
(4)AGE:.......................................................................
(5)MARITAL STATUS:...............................................
(6)OCCUPATION:........................................................
(7)COUNTRY...............................................................
(8)PHONE NUMBER...................................................
FUNDS TRANSFER DETAIL
(1) BANK NAME:......................................................
(2) BANK ADDRESS:................................................
(3) ACCOUNT NUMBER:..........................................
(4) BANK SWIFT CODE:..........................................
Report from the Management,
Lottery Organisation.
WE DONT TOLERATE PIRACY OR SCAM !
WE DONT TOLERATE PIRACY OR SCAM !


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