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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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 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.
  • maria_james1212@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • steve_richard1888@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • steve_richard1888@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?maria=20james?= <maria_james1212@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: maraijames2222@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:29:42 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS DEAR WINNER


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: maria_james1212@yahoo.co.uk

FROM:THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS

MANAGER,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE

AWARD DEPARTMENT MSW MEGA LOTTERY,

UNITED KINGDOM. 61-70 Southampton Row,

Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom, WC1B 4AR

REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937

BATCH: 2005MJL-01

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.AWARD PRESENTATION

CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM



We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of

the MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 15TH February 2006.Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to winning number

20-12DEC-2005-02MSW, With serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky

numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery category.

You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of GBP

1,800,000.00 POUNDS in cash Credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937 this is from total prize money of GBP 9,000,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Five (5)

international lucky winners in this category.



All participants E-mail addresses were selected through our Microsoft

computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 Individual Names, 30,000

companies names from each continent, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program,

Which is conducted annually for our prominent MS WORD.

Your payment has been insured with your REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937. Your

E-mailaddress should be used in all correspondence with your claims officer,

Please note that, you are to contact your claims officer via email as

we Are promoting the use of E-mail, any communications with this office should

be by mail, you have the right to call the Claim Payment Officer to

confirm your winning and payment,as we will provide you with the necessary

details on how to claim Your prize. You are to keep your ref.number and batch

number from the public, until you have been processed and your prize money

delivered or transfered to you.



To claim your winning prize, you must contact the claims Officer by

email for Processing and remittance of your prize money to you.

The claims officer contact email is:

Name: Steve Richard.

E-mail: steve_richard1888@yahoo.co.uk

(PAYMENT CLAIM OFFICER)



Be informed that all prize money must be claimed not later than two

weeks of this Notification, All funds not Claimed on or before the fixed date

will be with-held accordingly. Do contact the Claim Officer immediately for

further guidelines.



NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please

remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. Do contact the claims officer Steve Richard. at once via E-mail

E-mail: steve_richard1888@yahoo.co.uk

Maria James {Mrs.}

For MSW MEGA LOTTO PROMO UK;

Any winner below the age of 18years is automatically disqualified.

CONGRATULATIONS DEAR WINNER

- maria james

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