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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 by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • +447024082527 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "claim"<microsoft_winners8@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:26:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT (Winnings)


INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZEAWARD DEPARTMENT MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOTLOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.89 New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 1AG UNITED KINGDOMREF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/LBATCH: 4583JL/WIN

WINNING NOTIFICATION: {NO TICKETS WERE SOLD}

We are officially informing you of the result of MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on the 15th of JUNE 2006 as part of the year 2006 MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO.Your company or your personal e-mail address, attached to BATCH:4583JL/WIN,consequently won in the Tenth lottery category.

You are therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of GBP 5,500,000.00 Pounds($10,464,000 USD) in cash Credited to file REF NO:MSW/56B-672GH/L,and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100.this is from total prize money of GBP 137,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty five (25) international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through our Microsoft Computer email selection system (ESS) from a Data base of over 50,000,000 email addresses as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, for our prominent MS WORD user all over the world, and for the Continues use of E-mail.

To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by Email for Processing and remittance of your prize money to you.

CLAIMS DEPARTMENT MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOTLOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.89 New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 1AG U.K Mr Wilson Cole (claims officer)E-mail Address: msredemptioncentre@excite.comPhone Number : (+44) 702-408-2527

All prize money must be claimed during the time stipulated by your claims officer . After this date,all funds will be returned as unclaimed. We also advice that you keep your winning information very confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals.

Do email the above email addresses, all at once. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all corr espondences with your claims officer.

Claims Requirements:1. NAME IN FULL:................................. 2. ADDRESS:...................................... 3. NATIONALITY:.................................. 4. AGE:.......................................... 5. SEX:..........................................6. OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD):................... 7. PHONE:........................................ 8. FAX........................................... 9. WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:....................... 10. REF/ BATCH NUMBERS:.......................... 11. TOTAL AMOUNT WON:............................ 12. PAYMENT OPTIONS:.............................

NOTE: You are to provide your claims officer with the one (1) of the Option which you wish to receive your winnings, as listed below.

OPTIONS OF PAYMENT: (1) Come to our offshore payment centre in U.K (United Kingdom) Where you will be paid.(2) Bank swift Wire Transfer (3): By courier, where our affiliate courier firm will deliver your winning check and certificate to your house. Before presenting it to your designated bank for cashing.

Bank swift wire transfer or courier insurance is necessary only when the beneficiary cannot physically make claims of their respective winnings.This is after your claims officer has approved your reason for not been present. Award winners will be responsible for bank swift wire transfer charges and courier services charges

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,Mrs. Courtney Baker Director/Online International Lottery (Programs &amp; Events)MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO***********************************************************************************************The MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft corp oration, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.The MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO internet draw is held once in a year and is organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

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