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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.

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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims 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 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.
  • microclaims001@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • microclaims001@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Micro org" <micro_orglt@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:18:10 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON $ 1,000,000.00 Reply to: microclaims001@netscape.net

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON $ 1,000,000.00 Reply to: microclaims001@netscape.net


FROM THE DESK OF THE COORDINATOR [MICROSOFT GLOBAL EMAIL LOTTERY]
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT B.V. 44 Boeing Avenue, 9459 PE Schiphol-Rijk.
=====================================
Ref. Number: 132/756/40027
Batch Number: 538901527-BC722


Dear lucky winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Our Global Email Lottery
program held on the 20th March, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 37511465899-6410 with serial
number 4872-510 drew lucky numbers 7-14-88-23-3545 which consequently won in
the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for the sum of $
1,000,000.00 USD (One Million United States Dollars).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from across
the Globe as part of our International Promotions Program. This program
takes place every three years. We hope with part of your winning you will
take part in our next USD 50 million international lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our claim office:
=====================================
DR. ROY HANS (MICROSOFT LOTTERY CLAIM OFFICE)
32 Palmstraat, Amsterdam-Netherlands.
Tel: (31) 633 785 383
FAX. (31) 847 506 277
E-Mail: microclaims001@netscape.net
=====================================

Note: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent, also indicate your country and city.
Ref. Number: 132/756/40027
Batch Number: 538901527-BC722

Congratulations once more from our members of staff, and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Susan V. Smith
Lottery Coordinator.




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This e-mail is confidential and privileged. Please do not copy, disclose or
distribute information in this e-mail: to do so is strictly prohibited and
may be unlawful. If you are under the age of 18 kindly inform our claim
office that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for
your co-operation.
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