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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:
  • "microsoft mega jackpot lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "MS A" <MSN2007@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:28:36 +0100 (CET)
Subject: LOTTERY PROMOTION:YOU HAVE WON £2 ,000,000.00 Pounds


MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: UNITED KINGDOM CHAPTER.
REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L =20
BATCH: 4583JL/WIN

Dear Winner
Today, we announce the winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY
WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on, 14th dec 2007. Your personal e-mail addres=
s,
attached to winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100, With serial number
647489, consequently won in the Tenth lottery category.
You have been approved for lump sums pay out of two million Pounds
sterling in cash (=A32,000,000.00) Credited to file REF NO: MSW/56B-67=
2GH/L
and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. Selection process was carried
out through random selection in our computerized email selection machi=
ne
(TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email addresses drawn from
all the continents of the world.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses=

=20
from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer searc=
h
from the internet. No ticket were sold but all email addresses were
assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. T=
his
is to encourage our prominent Microsoft Internet Explorer users all ov=
er
the world, and for the Continues use of E-mail.=20
Your fund (Certified Cashiers Cheque) has been insured with your REF
NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. To claim yo=
ur
winning prize, you must first contact the claims Agent by email for
Processing and remittance of your prize.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION REQUIRED TO
CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:

1.Full
Name:..............................................................

2.Address:.............................................................=
..

3.Nationality:.........................................................=
...

4. Age:...................Date of
Birth:...............SEX..............

5.Occupation:.........................................

6. Mobile
Tel:............................Fax:............................

7.State of
Origin:.......................Country:.......................

8. A Scanned copy of your ID.
Sincerely,
Mr.Bruce Hopkins.
Microsoft Corporation U.K.



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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam