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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • edwardrussell_esq@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: martin brown <martin222brown@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:08:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION!! YOU HAVE WON







MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONSMANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLD LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.

REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-28134G
BATCH NO:2007MAR#50FH
WINNER NO: 3

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM

DEAR WINNER,

MICROSOFT CORP0RATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE HAPPILY ANOUNCE TO YOU THE FINAL WINNER RESULT OF OUR ANNUAL MICROSOFT COPORATION WORLD LOTTERY (MSCL) HELD IN LONDON BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 4TH JANUARY 2007.

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER:212005600545188 WITH SERIAL NUMBER:S/N-00168 AND SECURITY CODE:15513-2MSW DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS: 824-13-831-37-10-68

SUBSEQUENTLY WON YOU THE LOTTERY IN THE FIRST CATEGORY.YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED TO CLAIM A TOTAL SUM OF 500,000.00 PDS(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) ONLY IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE
KPC/9080333308/03.

THIS IS FROM A TOTAL CASH PRIZE FIVEMILLION POUNDS (5 MILLION POUNDS STERLING) SHARED AMONGST THE FIRST TENTH(10TH) LUCKY WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR LUCKY WINNING NUMBER FALLS WITHIN OUR AFRICAN BOOKLET REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN UNITED KINGDOM AS INDICATED ON YOUR PLAY COUPON.IN VIEW OF THIS ,YOUR 500,000.00 PDS (FIVE HUNDRD THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) WILL BE RELEASED TO YOU THROUGH OUR AFRICAN SECURITY AGENT IN LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.

OUR AGENT WILL IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE THE PROCESS TO FACILITATE THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS AS SOON AS YOU CONTACTHIM.ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB SITES THROUGH COMPUTER DRAW AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100,000 COMPANIES.

THIS PROMOTION TAKES PLACE ANNUALLY.FOR SECURITY REASONS,THEREFORE YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL TILL YOUR CLAIMS IS PROCESSED AND YOUR MONEY REMITTED TO YOU IN WHATEVER MANNER YOU DEEM FIT TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.THIS IS PART OF OUR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY SOME UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTS.PLEASE BE WARNED.

THE INFORMATION YOURECEIVED WAS 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 BARR.EDWARD RUSSELL ESQ OF (MAAS & PARTNERS) AT EMAIL ADDRESS:( edwardrussell_esq@yahoo.co.uk)

YOU HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO ALSO CONTACT THE SECURITY AGENT WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS:

FULLNAME................................
TELEPHONE NUMBER.................
EMAIL ADDRESS.........................
COUNTRY....................................
ADDRESS....................................
SEX.............................................
AGE.............................................
OCCUPATION...............................

FOR NORMAL PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO A DESIGNATED ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE.

REMEMBER,YOU ARE TO CONTACT OUR AGENTS BY EMAIL AND WITHIN A WEEK OF RECEIVING THIS NOTICE.AFTER THIS DATE,ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MICROSOFT CORPORATION AWARD DEPARTMENT COMITTEE AS UNCLAIMED.TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS,PLEASE QUOTE YOUR REFERRENCE /BATCH NUMBERS IN ANY CORRESPONDENCES WITH US OR OUR DESIGNATED AGENT.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE FROM ALL MEMEBERS AND STAFFS OF THIS PROGRAM

YOURS SINCERELY
MARTIN BROWN
LOTTERY DIRECTOR

















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