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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 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.
  • +447024063565 (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.
  • info_claimsofficergm@yahoo.co.uk
  • onlineclaims_officer@unionplus.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MICROSOFT WORD MEGA PROMO <megamgt0001@web.de>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:49:40 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON:CONTACT THE CLAIMS OFFICER




MANAGER,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT
LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.
89 New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 1AG U.K
MR. TINZO PAOLO
PHONE #:+447024063565

REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
BATCH: 4583JL/WIN

MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, EMAIL AWARD PROMO:
UNITED
KINGDOM
Finally today, we announce the winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT
LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 19TH NOVEMBER 2006. Your company or
your personal e-mail address, attached to winning
number23-76-06-54-42-100, with serial number 647489, consequently won
in the Tenth lottery
category.
You are therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of
GBP1,000,000POUNDS(one million pounds) ($1,882410.00 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 25,000,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the
Twenty five (25 )internat ional winners in this c ategory.
All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot
system drawn form 42,000 Names, 5,000 names from each continent, as
part of International 'E-MAIL' Promotions Program, for our prominent MS
WORD
user all over the world, and for t he Continuous use of E-mail.
Yourfund (certified Cashiers cheque) has been insured with your REF NO:
MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. To claim your
winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email
for
Processing and remittance of your prize money to you. The claims
processor is:
Name: Mr Graham Moore.
E-mail:info_claimsofficergm@yahoo.co.uk
:onlineclaims_officer@unionplus.net
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 correspondences with your claims
officer.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU A RE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED
TO
CLAIM
YOUR WINNING PRIZE:
1. Full Name: ..........................
2. Address: ...............................
3.Nationality: .....................................................
4.Age: ........................Date of Birth: .. ....
5. Occupation: ...................................................
6.Phone: ...........Fax: ..................................
7. State of Origin: ..Country: .................
8: DELIVERY OPTIONS
Upon reciept of the duly requested data, We will send you the contact
information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the
release of your claim in anyway you deem fit, submit back im mediately
DELIVERY OPTIONS:
(1): BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER
(2): BY OUR COURIER FIRM,
(3) COME TO OUR OFFSHORE PAYMENT CENTER IN UK
Sincerely,
Secretary
Mrs. Maurrine Diane H.
NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer
immediat ely by email. Or call the promotion director MR. TINZO PAOLO
on
PHONE #:+447024063565 to confirm your winnings





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