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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.
  • +447024030142 (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.
  • jakekalinta007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "edward poole" <edwardpoole4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jakekalinta007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:46:54 -0500
Subject: WINING NOTIFICATION

THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY, UK
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD.
MSW-L/322-669844
BATCH: 2005MJL-01


ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION:DEAR WINNER

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the
MICROSOFT WORD E-MAIL MEGAJACKPOT-POWERBALL LOTTERY POGRAMMES held on 7th Of
December,2006.

Your Company or your personal e-mail address is attached to winning
number,12-08-2006-02MSW, with serial number MS/N-11168 drew the lucky
numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83,and consequently won in the first lottery
category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP £250,000.00
POUNDS in cash credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/322-669844 This is from total
prize money of GBP £1,250,000 POUNDS, shared among the (5) international
winners in this category.

All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system
drawn form 21,000 names, 3,000 names from each continent, as part of
International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, which is conducted once in every
four years for our prominent MS WORD user all over the world, and for the
continues use of E-mail.

We are sorry to let you know that our site is still under construction,as we
are updating our site and our windows 2006.

Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account with our affiliate Bank
here in UK, and insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/322-669844 and your E-mail
address,Please note that, you are to contact us via email as we are
promoting the use of E-mail.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 money remitted to your personal account. We
hope with your prize, you will be happy to promote the use of E-mail and the
use of MS WORD.

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

Your assigned claims officer contact email is:
Name: MR Jake Kalinta
EMAIL:jakekalinta007@yahoo.co.uk
+44702-403-0142

He is to help you in claiming your due prize. Remember, all prize money must
be claimed not later than the 24th of December, 2006. All funds not claimed
on or before the fixed date will be penalized accordingly.

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. Any winner below the age of 18years is
automatically disqualified.
Sincerely,
Mr Atkinson Mills.
For MS WORD LOTTO UK;NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your
claims officer directly immediately with the following details For claims
Verification.

Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full-----------------------
2.Address----------------------------
3.Nationality------------------------
4.Age/Sex----------------------------
5.Marital Status---------------------
6.Occupation-------------------------
7.Phone/Fax--------------------------
8.Present Residential Country--------------------
9.Ref: Number------------------------
SPONSORS:
MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS UK, MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS ASIA,
MICROSOFTCO-OPERATIONS USA, Lloyds BANK UK,CITIPAKCOURIER,EXPRESSCOURIER AND
PORTLANDCOURIER.
=====================================================================
This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the
exclusive use of the addressee(s).This email and its attachments may also be
privileged or protected by legal rules.

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