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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.
• 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.
  • +447011153168 (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.
  • officialcontact@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gregory T. Absalon" <officialcontact@gawab.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:47:38 +0000
Subject: Response.


The National Lottery
(Company Agent Office)
Garrick Building,Garrick St,
Liverpool, L70 1NL,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: (+44) 70111 53168
Fax: (+44) 871 264 1560


Dear Mr Amd Austerhagen,

Below is a copy of the email message sent to you by the Customer Service
''UK National Lottery'' Do read properly and get back to me, i am the Agent
of the Lottery company. After going through the email, be advised to provide
your full information.

Gregory T. Absalon

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*The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM*
*Date: 10/01/2007*
**
*Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369*
**
*EARLY YEAR NOTIFICATION*
**
*Draw [#1150] of the National Lottery online Sweepstakes International
programme held on Saturday 30 December, 2006 is happily announced to you.
This Draw is our End Of Year Bonus to all internet users World Wide. Your
e-mail address was attached to the below details;*
**
*Ticket Number: 56475600545 188*
*Serial Number 5368/02*
*Lucky Numbers: 01-02-07-11-37-45 *Bonus-14

*Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e Match 6 plus
bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,482,376
(Two Million, Four Hundred And Eighty-Two Thousand, Three Hundred
And Seventy-Six Pounds Sterling Only) / $4,872,028.11*
**
*In Cash/Cheque credited to; **File KTU/9023118308/03.*
**
*This is from a total cash prize of £7,447,128 shared amongst the three (3)
lucky winners in this category. 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 numbers falls within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £2,482,376
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 below required informations to our
Agent office (Contact details also shown below)*
**
*FULL NAMES, **DATE OF BIRTH, **SEX, **MARITAL STATUS, **CONTACT ADDRESS, 24
HOURS CONTACT P**HONE NUMBERS, **OCCUPATION, NEXT OF KIN, NATIONALITY,
RELIGION, FAX NUMBER*
**
*Details should be sent to;*
*(Agent Office Details)*
**
Contact Name: Gregory T. Absalon
Office Address: Garrick Building,Garrick St, Liverpool, L70 1NL, UNITED
KINGDOM
Office Telephone Number: (+44) 70111 53168
Office Fax Number: (+44) 871 264 1560
Email: officialcontact@gawab.com

*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. * **
**
*Customer Services*
*The National Lottery*
**
**
**
*
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*
This email and any attachments to it contain information that is
confidential and may be
privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you
are not the
intended recipient please note that any form of distribution, copying or use
of this
communication or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited and
may be unlawful.

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