419 scam: "Microsoft Award Department" <domuscudec@cudec.edu.mx> (no subject)

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
- "rev.moorejones@discuz.org" (this email address has been used in a known 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 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.
- +447024083753 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: rev.moorejones@discuz.org
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:21:19 -0500
Subject:

Microsoft Award Department
5th Floor East Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street London L70 1NL,
United Kingdom.
Website: www.microsoft.co.uk

:::___YEAR 2010 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS___:::

Attention e-mail User,

We are pleased to inform you that your email address attached to Reference
No: UK/919347/749/0 and Batch No: 02/00319/IPD have won you a consolation
prize money of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pound)
from Microsoft Corporation. The promotion was held yesterday the 9th of
April 2010 over here in United kingdom. Email addresses were selected
among the millions that subscribed to Yahoomail, Hotmail, Googlemail,
Rediffmail, Aol and various Microsoft window user, we only select five
people every year as our winners through electronic balloting system
without the winners applying.

You are hereby requested to contact our fiduciary agent through email for
more details on how to claim your prize. Ensure you contact Rev. Moore
Jones who is our claims official in Europe (United Kingdom) and also a
Representative who understands English and some european languages. See
details of him below;
Name : Rev. Moore Jones
Email : rev.moorejones@discuz.org
Telephone : +447024083753, +4470-240-84492

When contacting the claims agent you should include the following if you
must get a response from him:

*** Your Full Name
*** Address
*** Country
*** State
*** Phone number
*** Age
*** Gender
*** Occupation
*** Winning email ID.
I____________________________ hereby declare that the above information is
true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given
false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.

We know you must be excited and very happy about this news you have just
received from us and the truth is that we are doing this to put smiles
into homes and hearts of people Worldwide. This money and gift we believe
will enable you make some impact in the society and possibly invest in our
company in the near future.

Thank you for being part of our prestigious Microsoft Online Promotion
2010 and commemorative anniversary draws.

Signed,
Dr. Gary Stover (Director Of Promotions)
________________________________________________________
*NOTE** You must be 18 years or older to claim. Late response is not
accepted. Misconduct and non-adherence to instructions leads to prize
termination.

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