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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:

• 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 corporation word lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • +34657302479 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • glopay1@mailpanda.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: microsoftlotto_esp@walla.com <microsoftlotto_esp@walla.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:53:35 +0200
Subject: DEAR WINNER

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS
MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY
C / GUZMAN EL BUENO 137, 28933 MADRID - SPAIN.

DATE: 19th - 08 - 2006.

WINNER REF. NUMBER: EML/ES/8888986523/06
WINNER BATCH NUMBER: ES/ 34/044/EML

ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: MADRID-SPAIN.

Dear Winner,

Microsoft Cooperation Management Worldwide are pleased to inform you today 25th July, 2006 of the
result of the MS-World lotto lottery conducted in Madrid-Spain being the Host of the event for this present
year Mega Jackpot Lotto winning programs held on 5th June 2006.

Your personal E-mail or company's email address attached to ticket number 6604-005 with lucky main
number 03 - 05 - 25 - 34 - 49 drew to lucky star numbers 05, 08, which consequently won in the 3rd
category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of USD $ 1,500,000.00 (One million,
five hundred thousand United State dollars only) Payable in cash credited to your file reference numbe:
EML/ES/8888986523/06. This is from total prize money of US $ 37,500,000.00 shared among the 25
international lucky winners in 3rd category. Your fund is now deposited with a Financial Institution
covered with an insurance bond policy which makes it non deductible for security reasons.

!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by
participants.
All participants were selected through emails extraction from Worldwide Website especially Yahoo email
via our Microsoft Computer Balloting System drawn from over 1,000,000 companies emails and
50,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world which we conducted annually for our
prominent MS-WORLD users all over the world and to encourage the usage of internet and computers
worldwide.
We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50 millions Microsoft Cooperation
International Lottery Program.
To claims your award winnings money, please contact our fiducially/Claim agent Mr. Jeff Larry (Foreign
Operations Manager)
*******************************************************************
Name of Institution: Global Security & Finance S.A
Address: Madrid – Spain
Contact Person: Mr. Jeff Larry
Job Title: Foreign Operations Manager
Phone/Fax: +34 65 7302479
E-Mail: glopay1@mailpanda.com


*******************************************************************
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 10th of August 2006, After this date all unclaimed
funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence with your claims agent as soon as possible.
The Microsoft Cooperation Management Lottery could not influence the Financial Institution internal
regulation as regards the pay out of winnings funds to all winners; all the necessary requirements for the
processing of payment should be met by winners.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do not forget to inform our prize claims
agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from all members of our staff and thank you for being the part of our
international promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 years is automatically disqualified.
Yours in Service,

Sra. Ana Maria Lopez (Lottery Co-ordinator)
For: Microsoft Cooperation Lottery Program. Spanish Chapter.
***********************************************************************
PLEASE SEND REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT THE. PROCESSING
FORM.

1. FULL NAMES: _______________________________
2. ADDRESS: __________________________________
3. SEX: ___________________
4. AGE: ____________________
5. MARITAL STATUS: _______________________
6. OCCUPATION: _________________________
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: ________________________
8. TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER: ________________________
9. LUCKY NUMBER: ________________________
10. TICKET NUMBER: _________________________
11. REF / BATCH NUMBER: ______________________
12. AMOUNT WON: _________________________
13. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER EITHER INTERNATIONAL
PASSPORT OR DRIVER'S LICENSE_________________________

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