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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.
• 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.
  • msw_megalottery@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: maria_james1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:20:36 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=20DEAR=20WINNER=20?=

FROM:THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS
MANAGER,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT MSW MEGA LOTTERY,
UNITED KINGDOM. 61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom, WC1B 4AR
REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.AWARD PRESENTATION
CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 16th October 2006.Your
company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to winning number
20-12DEC-2005-02MSW, With serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky
numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery category.

You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of GBP
1,800,000.00 POUNDS in cash Credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937 this
is from total prize money of GBP 9,000,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Five
(5)
international lucky winners in this category.

All participants E-mail addresses were selected through our Microsoft
computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 Individual Names, 30,000
companies names from each continent, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions
Program,
Which is conducted annually for our prominent MS WORD.
Your payment has been insured with your REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937. Your
E-mailaddress should be used in all correspondence with your claims officer,

Please note that, you are to contact your claims officer via email as
we Are promoting the use of E-mail, any communications with this office
should
be by mail, you have the right to call the Claim Payment Officer to
confirm your winning and payment,as we will provide you with the necessary

details on how to claim Your prize. You are to keep your ref.number and
batch
number from the public, until you have been processed and your prize money

delivered or transfered to you.

To claim your winning prize, you must contact the claims Officer by
email for Processing and remittance of your prize money to you.
The claims officer contact email is:
Name: Steve Richard.
E-mail: msw_megalottery@yahoo.co.uk
(PAYMENT CO-ORDINATOR)

Be informed that all prize money must be claimed not later than two
weeks of this Notification, All funds not Claimed on or before the fixed
date
will be with-held accordingly. Do contact the Claim Officer immediately
for
further guidelines.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences
with your claims officer. Do contact the claims officer Steve Richard. at
once via E-mail
E-mail: msw_megalottery@yahoo.co.uk
Maria James {Mrs.}
For MSW MEGA LOTTO PROMO UK;
Any winner below the age of 18years is automatically disqualified.

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