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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (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.
  • +31633785383 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • microsoftclaim20@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "vannesa thomas" <susanvan999112@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:51:08 +0000
Subject: MICROSOFT PROMOTION YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON!!!

MICROSOFT PROMOTION YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON!!!
Boeing Avenue 33
6612 PE Schiphol-Rijk.
The Netherlands.

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice,
the results of the First Category draws of MICROSOFT PROMOTION INT. We
are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First
Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being
officially
announced today 24th of March, 2006. Participants were selected through
acomputer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 emailaddresses of
individuals
and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle
East,and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.
Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number QZ-316-NL, with serial
number8222-66 drew the lucky numbers 9-17-5-73-8-11 and consequently won in
theFirst Category.You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of
1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the winning payout for Category
A winners.This is from the total prize money from 1,500,000 shared among the
two
winners in this category CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.
In your best interest to avoid Disqualification we request that you
keep theentire details of your award strictly from public notice until the
processof transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds
remitted
toyour account.this is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming orunscrupulous acts by non winners of this program.You are advised
to
contact the agents by email.Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference
and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your
correspondencewith your claims Department.
REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD
Please contact microsoftclaim department immediately for due
processing andremittance of your prize money to a designated account of your
choice:

********************************************************************************
Dr Roy Hans
Tel.:+31-633785383
Email: microsoftclaim20@netscape.net
***************************************************************
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to
disqualification. Contact your claim agent immediately.
Sincerely Yours,
MRS. MARISKA NOWAK.
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR.
MICROSOFT NL

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam