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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.

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.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims director" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "keep this confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• 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.
  • mrdavidyen1967@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr David Yen <mrdavidyen1967@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 23:23:54 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Attention:Winners Verification Form


MS WORD PROMOTIONS
(Thanks for contributing to our Financial Success)

FROM: THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01.
Registered Lottery No 220949


Dear Esteemed Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on the 1st of May, 2007.Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to winning number 20-12DEC-2005-02MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky
numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 500,000.00 GBP(FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING)credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937.

This is from total prize money of 27,500,000.00 GBP (TWENTY SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING), shared among the Five (5)international winners in this category.All participants were selected through our microsoft computer ballot system drawn form 21,000
names,3,000 names from each continent, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, which is conducted annually for our prominent MS WORD user all over the world, and for the continuous use of E-mail.

You are to keep your ref. number and winning number from the public, until you have been processed and your money remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming people of their ref number and prizes. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims 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!!!

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO FILL AND SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE TO YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER:

*FULL NAMES*
*NATIONALITY*
*AGE*
*DATE OF BIRTH*
*SEX*
*MARITAL STATUS*
*CONTACT ADDRESS*
*TELEPHONE NUMBER*
*OCCUPATION*
*WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS*
*REF/ BATCH NUMBERS*
*TOTAL AMOUNT WON*

Upon receipt of the duly requested data,I will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit, submit back immediately.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. Do not reply any other mails like this on net as they are alot of scam artist out there pretending to be us. You may see mails like this do not reply. Do contact your claims officer MR DAVID YEN at once by email. You will be asked to provide some details to enable us proceed file keeping.PLEASE KEEP THIS CONFIDENTIAL!!!


Yours Sincerely,

MR DAVID YEN
CLAIMS DIRECTOR
Microsoft Lottery Promotions.
Email:mrdavidyen1967@yahoo.com.hk









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