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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 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.
  • hamvan_s@europe.com

Fraud email example:

From: MICRO SOFT LOTTERY <micro.soft.Lotto.es@web.de>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:40:59 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


(One of the logos of Microsoft Windows, the Company's best-known product.) MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLDFROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZEAWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLD LOTTERYUNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR. REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937BATCH NO: (EuroMillions Ball number 34)(EuroMillions Ball number 48)(EuroMillions Ball number 25)(EuroMillions Ball number 17)(EuroMillions Lucky Star number 3)(EuroMillions Lucky Star number 2) ([Winning Numbers])(Lotto Ball number 4)(Lotto Ball number 22)(Lotto Ball number 9)(Lotto Ball number 24)(Lotto Ball number 30)(Lotto Ball number 41)(Lotto Bonus Ball number 20) ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATIONAWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM DEAR WINNER, MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORLD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN EUROPE BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 16th.Nov 2006 CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO SEPTEMBER MSWLL. 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 SUM OF ¤500 000,00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF ¤ 25,000,000 EURO, SHARED AMONG THE FIFTY(50) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY. ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES ESPECIALLY YAHOO MAIL THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000 NAMES, 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORLD USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE. YOUR FUNDS IS DEPOSITED WITH GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL BANK AND INSURED WITH YOUR REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 WHICH WILL BE RELEASE AFTER DATAS VERIFICATION AND CLARIFICATIONS TO YOU BY ONE OF OUR PROCESSING SECURITY COMPANY IN CHARGE (HAMVAN SECURITIES S.L ). YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT MR BARRY MANFRED ,VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL THE HAMVAN SECURITIES S.L TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AND GOVERNMENT TAX PAYMENT THAT IS ALL, AS THE SECURITY COMPANY WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY AND INSURANCE CODE MSW/FEB/XX06 TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT. ** Foreign Operation Department.Hamvan Securities S.LAvda. Alberto Aguilera 54-65 28015 Madrid, SpainContact person Mr Barry Manfred. Tel 00 34 647 258 556.E-mail:hamvan_s@europe.com Telephone lines are open between the hours of 8:00am-19:30pm.Monday -Saturday ...Ext..001 REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL FUNDS NOT CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE 24th OF DECEMBER WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND DONATED TO CHARITY ORGANIZATION IN AFRICA . NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS AND YOUR SECURITY AND INSURANCE CODE OF MSW/FEB/XX06 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. AT ONCE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS TO ENABLE HAMVAN SECURITIES S.L PROCEED WITH YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE AND FILE KEEPING. CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO /BILL GATE OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD/. SINCERELY, ((Photograph) src="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0916/csmimg/p1c.jpg) (Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga (1918-65)) Mrs. Sabina Aberto Mrs. Caro Smith (Co-coordinator). (Secretary)*** * *//* */Past winners./**//* */ /*



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