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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• 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.
  • +447022402795 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348067251152 (Nigeria, 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.
  • frankdavidsmicrosoft@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "wilsoncokas@terra.es" <wilsoncokas@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:50:18 +0100 (MET)
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON (( ONE MILLION DOLLARS ))




THE DESK OF MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL
DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
LONDON OFFICE UNITED KINGDOM.
TELEPHONE NUMBER +4470224027958


Dear winner
Microsoft Coperation management wolrdwide are pleased to inform you that you are a winner of our annual MS-world lottery conducted in AFRICA being the host of the event for this present year maga jackpot lottery winning programs held on 7Th January 2007 after ( Mr Bill Gate) left Africa for his sort visit.
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from the MICROSOFT International Lottery programme, which is fully based on an electronic selection of e-mail addresses. Your e-mail address was attached to those Winning Number: _________________________________________________
(1)Winning numbers:..............990-11-815-37-10-83
(2) Email ticket N0................ ....901-0148-790-691
(3) Lotto Batch N0.......................13/FFP/LDL/037
(4) File REF N0..........................MELI-T/17-F044262312
(5) SECURITY CODE: ..............901-0148-790-691 _________________________________________________________
You are number 5,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.You have been approved a sum of US$1,000 000. 00 (( ONE MILLION DOLLARS )). All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, all over the wolrd, and to encourage the use of internet and computersworldwide.


Fill the form and send it to the claiming agent in West Africa where the Lottery was Conducted with the under listed information as soon as possible: Contact the claiming agent officer through his E-mail address as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings funds:
CONTACT AGENT:
DR.FRANK DAVIDS
Email: frankdavidsmicrosoft@katamail.com
PHONE:+234-8067251152
________________________________________________________________
1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY: ................................
4. AGE:.........................................
5. OCCUPATION:..................................
6. PHONE:...................................
7. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE .....................
(8)Winning numbers:..........990-11-815-37-10-83
(9) Email ticket N0.........901-0148-790-691
(10) Lotto Batch N0.......13/FFP/LDL/037
(11) File REF N0.......MELI-T/17-F044262312
(12) SECURITY CODE:............901-0148-790-691
________________________________________________________________
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep thisinformation confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize been released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
________________________________________________________________
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,
MR. WILSON COKAS
LOTTERY COORDINATOR.
N.B:
1. All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
2. Your WINNING NUMBERS must be in all your mails when you are contacting the claiming officer.
3. Do inform the claiming officer of any change of names or addresses.
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