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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447011121756 (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.
  • marnosfredgadin@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MasterCard=C2=AE=20/=20Microsoft=C2=AE=20Mega=20Jackpot?= <jenni@reedtribe.org>
Reply-To: marnosfredgadin@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:32:09 +0100
Subject: TABLE OF REWARD

MasterCard® / Microsoft® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT
Bradford City Centre Branch
7 hustlergate bradford, West Yorkshire
MICROSOFT OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM
DIRECTOR; MR. ASHLEY STEVE.JR
PHONE: +447011121756

MasterCard® / Microsoft® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT UK. TABLE OF
REWARD.

MasterCard® No: 5148 6547 8940 6543
Reg. No. Master/micro: 5148/4178
Ballot winning No: 6782

This email address has brought you an unexpected luck, please read
through this message. Your e-mail address was selected and confirmed by
our
co-sponsor Microsoft International, through their latest internet
software.You are therefore been approved by MasterCard Int. /Microsoft UK

the sum of £6,600,000.00 (SIX MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS).

Equivalent to $11,064,000 USD. (Eleven Million, sixty four thousand US
Dollars). In cash, Credited to MasterCard No. 5148 6547 8940 6543, and
With Reg. No. MCIMJ: 5148/4178, you are the sixth lucky winner of the
total winners of 10 take note. You all won £6.6, million Pounds each.Be

informed that your prize (MasterCard No: 5148 6547 8940 6543) has been
insured and ready for pay out. Contact your claims administrator for
further instructions, first by email. See contacts below.


MasterCard® / Microsoft® Claims Administrator
Name: Mr. Marnos Fredgadin
E-mail:marnosfredgadin@yahoo.co.uk

Again for your information, all the 10 participants were selected
through the Microsoft computer ballot syste(MCBS) drawn from each
continent and from each ISP, by the most powerful Microsoft Software
Incorporation, as part of our International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program,
to
promote the use of MasterCardâ??s and the use of Microsoft Offices all over

the World. Further more, to promote the use of online payments, for the

settlement of debts (taxes) and payment of bills. Your funds £6.6,
million pounds, has been lodge in this MasterCard (5148 6547 8940
6543),insured and ready for payment. All you have to do is provide the
necessary information to process your MasterCard Certificate and to upgrade
our
up coming WEBSITE. Be informed that this is our first lottery
promo(2007). Please, note that they are imposters (Scammers) who pretend
to be
us, so be careful.


Do email the above Claims Administrator, at once with all the claims
requirements below. To avoid unnecessary delay. They are needed to
proceed.


Claims Requirements:
1. Full Name:....................................
2. Address:........................................
3. Nationality:...................................
4. Age:.......... Date of Birth:............
5. Occupation:...................................
6. Phone:................Fax:.....................
7. State of Origin:...........Country:...........


PROCEEDURES / RIGHTS AND PRECAUTIONS.

1. Contact the Claims Administrator with all your claims requirements
well filled.
2. Your Credit card MasterCard (5148 6547 8940 6543), has been insured
to it real value.
3. Payments are made in Great British Pounds.(£6.6,million pounds)
4. Any mail received of such should be reported to the claims
Administrator above. This will help fight scam.
5. Your claims administrator, has the due right to disqualify you for
misconduct
6. Do not reply this mail, please, contact your claims administrator by

email ok.
7. All prizes should be claimed on or before 21 days (three weeks)
after announcement.


Secretary
Mr. Macwell Hunt @
MasterCard® / Microsoft® Mega Jackpot

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