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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:

• 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")
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +34666712069 (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.
  • global-segro-bilboa@madrid.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MICROSOFT WORD CORP. PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM" <msw-lottery-winning-award-2007-program@web.de>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:59:33 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P>FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZEAWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLD LOTTERYUNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR. REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937BATCH NO: (EuroMillions Ball number 34)(EuroMillions Ball number 48)(EuroMillions Ball number 25)(EuroMillions Ball number 17)(EuroMillions Lucky Star number 3)(EuroMillions Lucky Star number 2) ([Winning Numbers])(Lotto Ball number 4)(Lotto Ball number 22)(Lotto Ball number 9)(Lotto Ball number 24)(Lotto Ball number 30)(Lotto Ball number 41)(Lotto Bonus Ball number 20) ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATIONAWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM DEAR BENEFICIARY, COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON! MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORLD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN EUROPE BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 02ND JANUARY 2007 CONGRATULATIONS!!!* <O:P></O:P>*YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO SEPTEMBER MSW LG. WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 887-13-865-37-10-83, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUM OF $560,000,00 (USD FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 THIS IS FROM A TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $ 14.000,000.00 USD, SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P>ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES ESPECIALLY YAHOO MAIL THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000 NAMES, 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA. AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORLD USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE. <O:P></O:P>YOUR FUNDS WILL BE INSURED WITH YOUR REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 AND READY FOR TRANSFER BY STANDARD BANK OF SPAIN . IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY ONE OF OUR CLAIM AGENT IN CHARGE (MR. WILLIAMS CASTRO OF GLOBAL SEGUROS BILBOA S.A).YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER THROUGH EMAIL AND TELE-PHONE ON HIS CONTACT ADDRESS BELOW TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AND REQUIRED GOVERNMENT TAX PAYMENT. AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P>AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE Nº MSW/EEB/XX07 , REF: MSW-L/200-26937 AND BATCH Nº: 34+48+25+17-03-02 TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT. /(GLOBAL SEGUROS BILBOA S.A)//<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>/ /Contact person: Mr.Williams Castro//<o:p></o:p>//Tel:0034-666 71 20 69 : Ext 001//<o:p></o:p>//E-mail: global-segro-bilboa@madrid.com [mailto:global-segro-bilboa@madrid.com]//Telephone lines are open between the hours of //<o:p></o:p>/<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:time Minute="30" Hour="8">/<O:P></O:P>8:30am/</st1:time>/-19:30pm.Monday - Friday ...Ext..001//<o:p></o:p>//8:30am- 1:30pm.Saturday/ REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND ALL FUNDS NOT CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE 30Th OF MARCH 2007 WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND DONATED TO CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS WORLD-WIDE. <O:P></O:P>NOTE: DO REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBERS: MSW-L/200-26937 , BATCH NUMBERS AND SECURITY CODE OF MSW/EEC/XX07 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. AT ONCE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE THESE DETAILS TO ENABLE THE OFFICE PROCEED WITH YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE AND FILE KEEPING. WE ADVISE YOU KEEP THESE NUMBERS AND YOUR WINNING VERY CONFIDENTIAL WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, UNTIL YOUR CLAIM PROCESS IS COMPLETE. FOR AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL IN ORDER TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS, <O:P></O:P>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. <O:P></O:P> SINCERELY, ((Photograph) src="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0916/csmimg/p1c.jpg) (Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga (1918-65))<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P>Mrs. Sabina Aberto Mrs. Caro Smith <O:P></O:P>(Co-coordinator). (Secretary)*** * <O:P></O:P>*//*<O:P></O:P> */Past winners./**//*<O:P></O:P> */ /*



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