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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 by the Scam-O-Matic 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:
  • "micro lottery international"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • bilesony70@yahoo.com.mx (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • zeggydelmas@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?bile=20sony?= <bilesony70@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: zeggydelmas@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 09:09:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: *******DRAWS AWARD NOTIFICATION*****


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: bilesony70@yahoo.com.mx

*******DRAWS AWARD NOTIFICATION*****

MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL DRAWS.

# 200 WATERKLOOF RIDGE

SANTON-JOHANNESBURG

SOUTH AFRICA.


FILE REFERENCE NO:MLINT/700025/50040

Stake Number: MLINT/655533/06-MS

Sec Code: MLINT//444302/06-MR

AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We wish to congratulate you over your success in our

computer balloting sweepstake held on 20th May 2006.

This is a millennium scientific computer game in which

email addresses were used. It is a promotional program

aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do

not need to buy ticket to enter for it. However, your

email address was attached to stake number

MLINT/655533/06-MS with sec code MLINT/CHL/444302/06-MR

which eventually won the lottery in

the first category of the draws. This entitles you to a

cash award of US$ 1, 500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE

HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS). This is from total

prize money of US$30,000,000.00 distributed to winners

from 1st to 3rd categories.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and

complications, please remember to quote your reference

and batch numbers provided below in every one of your

correspondences with your claims agent.

REFERENCE :MLINT/700025/50040

STAKE NUMBER: MLINT/655533/06-MS

SEC CODE: MLINT//444302/06-MR

Note that this program was largely promoted and

sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists

from the internet ware industry and some other big

multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

Also to begin your Claim, send to your claims agent the

following information by email:

1)YOUR STAKE NUMBER,SEC CODE NUMBERS,REFFERENCE NUMBERS AND AMOUNT WON

2)YOUR FULL NAME

3)YOUR ADDRESS

4)A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR ID (PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE)

5)CONTACT TELEPHONE, MOBILE PHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER

6)AGE AND OCCUPATION.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and

thank you for being part of our promotions program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the

winners will result to disqualification. Please, contact your claims

agent.



ZEGGY DELMAS. (CLAIMS AGENT)

Email address:zeggydelmas@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,

For: MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL




- bile sony

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