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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447031904643 (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.
  • micro_soft_lottery123@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • agentmmwallace@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: eric mark <micro_soft_lottery123@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: agentmmwallace@excite.com
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:09:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOU ARE MICRO SOFT WINNER!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: micro_soft_lottery123@yahoo.com



OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS

SEASONS PROMOTION 2006

20 Howard Barking London, 7UA11G

UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer's Service Center)

+447031904643

REF. NUMBER MCS/231OXI/04

Batch:12L/2005/04

Promoter: Microsoft®

Draw 1020, march 30th. 2006


ATTENTION:

RESULT CONFIRMATION MLTT/MTU/2005ETN FOR REF. NUMBER MCS/231OXI/04

Congratulations! You are among the ten (10) randomly selected for the new year draws held in London. Selection was made using special software to generate valid email addresses at random from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world. All facilities and computer software were tested by Statisticians.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5224652456UT with serial number 5388/02, batch number 12L/2005/04, lottery ref number MCS/231OXI/04 and drew lucky numbers 06 - 14 - 17 - 25 -32 - 48 bonus ball 09 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

Apparently, 10 individual email addresses were selected to recieved from a total cash prize of ₤8.5 million pounds. You have therefore been approved for the total sum of ₤850,000 (eight hundredand fifty thousand pounds) in cash credited to file MLTT/MTU/2005ETN.

==================================================================================

Please read and follow all enclosed instructions very carefully. 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 unscrupulous elements. You are to contact your fiduciary agent for further instruction on the prize/payment schedule.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

michael wallace.

FIDUCIARY AGENT

E-Mail: agentmmwallace@excite.com

Remember, all winning in this second category must be claimed not later than 5th april 2006. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members and staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note that you must contact your fidiciary agent within one week of receipt of this notice.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely,

MRS. MAGRET SPENCER

Co-ordinator

Verification Unit



(Form HLP)

REFERENCE NUMBER: MCS/231OXI/04

FULL NAME...............................................

COMPANY NAME: ...........................................

FULL ADDRESS:...........................................

SEX:.................................

AGE...................................

OCCUPATION.............................

TEL.......................FAX................. (If any)

COUNTRY................................

E-MAIL..................................

HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE.............(identification on delivery)


INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:

(A) CHEQUE


(B) DRAFT


(C) CASH


(D) BANK TRANSFER

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:

.................................................................

.................................................................

................................................................

____________________________

Date.






- eric mark

Anti-fraud resources:

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