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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim 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.
  • +34697833323 (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.
  • fenixagency@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ramon husan <ramon10@web.de>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:38:13 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS




CONGRATULATIONS

FROM THE DESK OF KRASLOT LOTTERY
COORDINATOR {MICROSOFT GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY}
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT .
FILE REF:HL/5564/06/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU


OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:



DEAR WINNER:

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a suprise but
please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your
success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft,in conjunction
with the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.), held
on the 18th of December 2006,in spain.

Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online
winning emails in the 3rd category and therefore attracted a cash award
of 350,000.00Euros(THree hundred and fifty thousand Euros only).

Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning
prizes accordingly in each category.They are arranged in this format
below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 1,000,000:00euros each
2ND. 8 750,000:00euros each
3rd. 13 350,000:00euros each
4Th. 27 170,000:00euros each


We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to
contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message
for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual
payment of the above prize to you.

It is important to note that your award information was released with
the following particulars attached to it.
(1) Award numbers: NL 56/7765
(2) Email ticket numbers: NL553/26/96
(3) Batch numbers: MC11/834/5PDH /EU
(4) The file reference numbers: HL/5564/06/07/MICS
{5} Serial Numbers:McST/006/NL4657

For verification purpose be sure to include:
(1) Your mailing address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
{4}Your Full Names

NOTE
YOUR EMAIL WINNING FUND (CERTIFIED CHECK) HAS BEEN DEPOSITED INTO THE
PAYOUT BANK WITH YOUR REF NO:HL/5564/06/07/MICS AND WILL BE READY FOR
DELIVERY. IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY ONE OF OUR CLAIM AGENT IN
CHARGE OF YOUR ZONE (MR.PIXIE TURKER). YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED
IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU
ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE
PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL , AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS
ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning
within Twenty-nine working days of this winning notification.Winnings
that are not validated within Twenty-nine working days of winning
notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to mention the
above particulars
of your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent validate your
winning.

CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
NAME MR.ALIX - OWEN
FENIX AGENCY CLAIM OFFICE(NL).
TEL:+34-697-833-323.
FAX:+34-917-109-294
E-mail: fenixagency@aim.com [mailto:fenixagency@aim.com]
********************************************************************

The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our
CEO/Chairman,Bill Gates:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/billmap.gif [http://www.templetons.com/brad/billmap.gif] and a consortium of
software promotion companies.The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and
other International Companies.The Microsoft Internet E-mail draw is held
periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and
promote computer literacy worldwide.


CONGRATULATIONS! Once again on behalf of all our staff,

Yours faithfully,

JONY ramon (Mrs)
MICROSOFT E-MAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION COORDINATOR.





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