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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft mega jackpot lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims office" (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.
  • +447024092207 (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.
  • fudclaims_dept@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: diane honey <dianeh89@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:30:31 +0000
Subject: MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT



MICROSOFT & AOL AWARD,ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES12 Bridge Street, Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP UnitedKingdom.REFERENCE NUMBER: MSW/56B-672GH/LBATCH NUMBER: 4583JL/WINSERIAL NUMBER: SSN/MSLTT/009883 MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, EMAIL AWARD PROMO: UNITED KINGDOM
Finally today, we announce the winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOTLOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 5th Sept 2007. Your company or yourpersonal e-mail address, attached to winning number 23-76-06-54-42-08, with SerialNumber: SSN/MSLTT/009883, consequently won in the Tenth lottery category. You are therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of GBP 1,500,000.00POUNDS ($2,763,678 USD) in cash Credited to file REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L andwinning number 23-76-06-54-42-08, this is from total prize money of GBP37,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty five (25) internationalwinners in this category. All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballotsystem drawn form 42,000 Names, 6,000 names from each continent, as part ofInternational "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, for our prominent MS WORDuser all over the world, and for the Continuous use of E-mail. Your fund(certified cheque) has been insured with your REF NO: MSW/0277-6355/GH/L andwinning number 23-76-06-54-42-08. To claim your winning prize, you must firstcontact the claims department by email for Processing and remittance of yourprize money to you. The claims processor is: Name: Mr. John BullivantE-mail:fudclaims_dept@yahoo.co.uk Tel: +447024092207
Fax:+447005982824

To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings and for security reasons,youare advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim isprocessed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit toclaim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid doubleclaiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned!!!


Do email the above email addresses, all at once. In order to avoid unnecessarydelays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and winningnumbers in all correspondences with your claims officer.


NOTE: ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF NOTIFICATION.
ALL FUNDS NOT CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE THE FIXED DATE WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED. CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED TOCLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:
1. FullName:...........................................................2.Address:..............................................................
3.Nationality:............................................................
4. Age: ....................... Date of Birth: .......................
5. Sex:..........................Occupation........................:
6. Phone: .....................Fax:......................................
7. State of Origin : ......................Country: ...................
8: DELIVERY OPTIONS:........................................ Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send you the contactinformation of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting therelease of your claim in anyway you deem fit, submit back immediately.
DELIVERY OPTIONS:
(1) BANK SWIFT WIRE TRANSFER
(2) COME TO OUR OFFSHORE PAYMENT CENTER IN SPAIN
(3) BY A COURIER FIRM
Sincerely,SecretaryMrs. Maurrine Diane H
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