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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:

• 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.
  • +447040118895 (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.
  • claimsofficer_davidblake@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Online Winners" <onlinewinnersnotice@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:20:47 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION MWS [LUCKY WINNER]

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY,UK

3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
United Kingdom.

 

REF NO: BNS-NL/02CTG/3103/14UK
BATCH: 2005MJL-01

LUCKY NUMBERS:10,12,13,17,31,37 AND 44

 

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the MS-WORD  LOTTERY PROMOTIONS PROGRAM held on 4th of October 2005.

 

Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached  with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky numbers :and Bonus Ball , and consequently won in the first lottery category.

 

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP 1,400,000.00 POUNDS in cash credited to file REF NO: BNS-NL/02CTG/3103/14UK.This is from total prize money of GBP 7,000,000.00 POUNDS, 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 continous use of E-mail. We are sorry to let you know that our site is still undergoing maintanace, as we are updating our site.

 

Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account and insured with your REF NO:BNS-NL/02CTG/3103/14UK and your E-mail address.You are to keep your ref. number and batch 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 impersonation to make Claims of your Prize Award by unsrupulous persons. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

 

 

To file for your claims and release of your Prize Award, contact the claims office with the following information below.

 

Mr. DAVID BLAKE

Email:claimsofficer_davidblake@yahoo.com

TEL: +44-704-011-8895

       

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately.  DAVID BLAKE

 

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................

 

CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................

 

CITY/STATE:.......................................

 

COUNTRY:..........................................

 

NATIONALITY:......................................

 

SEX:.......................AGE:...................

 

MARITAL STATUS...................................

 

TEL NO:...........................................

 

NEXT OF KIN:......................................

 

COMPNAY NAME/OCCUPATION:....................................

AMOUNT WON:.......................................

 

REFENCE NO:................

 

LUCKY NO:..................

 

SERIAL NO:.................

 

  Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

 

 

LIZA BURNS ,CBE,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY,UK

3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
United Kingdom.
 

 

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately. DAVID BLAKE

                    

 

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