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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "overseas subscribers agents" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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.
  • +447045721546 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: MICROSOFT LOTTERY <microsoftawardsonlineclaims@easymail.hu>
Reply-To: microsoftlottery70@adcenter.hu
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:26:21 +0200
Subject: MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION(YOU HAVE WON A LOTTERY)

 

OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS

PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
20 Howard Barking London, 7UA11G
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer's Service Center)

Ref Number: MSN/231OXI/04
Batch Number: 12L/2005/04

ATTENTION:WINNING RESULT/ AWARD NOTIFICATION

This is to announce to you the result of the MICROSOFT  PROMOTIONS held  in ENGLAND AND WALES . Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5224652456UT with serial number 5388/02, batch number 12L/2005/04, lottery ref number MSN/231OXI/04 and drew lucky numbers
                                                        06 - 13 - 17 - 23 -32 - 43  bonus ball  49 
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus. you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of £500,000[Five hundred thousand pounds sterling)in cash credited to file KLTT/KTU/2005ETN.This is from a total cash prize of  £8 Million pounds sterlings, shared amongst the first TEN (10) lucky winners in this second category.   CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security Protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program . The Lottery Draw facility uses special software to generate over 40,000 companies and 20,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world at random. The ball sets and machines are tested by independent bodies in order to ensure that they all operate in a random fashion and that they act in a similar manner. Statisticians regularly check the draw history and test the data for signs of  bias.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
MR.PAUL HARRY

FIDUCIARY AGENT
E-Mail: info@awardprizeclaims.net

Tel:+44 7045721546

Remember, all winning in this second category must be claimed not later than 31st of  May 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members and staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note that you must contact your fidiciary agent within one week of receipt of this notice.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely,
MR. MARK SPENCER Co-ordinator
Online Promotions Unit

 

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