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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft mega jackpot lottery" (no such lottery exists)
  • "microsoft lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• 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 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.
  • florin2017@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Marcus Nelson <mswordclaimsdepartment_01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:18:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Once again Congratulations


MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM. LONDON.
BANK OF ENGLAND/MICROSOFT HOUSE, LONDON.
Director: MR. Andrew Gregry III

Dear Kord Gerhagen,


I received your email and I understood all is content this is what you need file out
yes this is real, your personal e-mail address here florin2017@yahoo.com won in the Microsoft lottery category 002.


You are therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of £5,500,000.00 FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. Equivalent to ($10,064,000 USD) Ten Million, sixty four thousand US Dollars. In cash Credited to file REF NO: M154S/WL04. And MICRO (LOTTERY) CHIP NO: 9465021, you are the second lucky winner of the total winners of 10. You all won £5.5, million Pounds each. You have to complete and return the forms underneath for your winning notification and for proper identification and record keeping.



Do email the above email address at once with all the claims requirements below. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications.

Claims Requirements:
1. Full Name:..............................................................

2. Address:................................................................

3. Nationality:............................................................

4. Age:.........................Date of Birth:.............................

5. Occupation:.............................................................

6. Phone:...............Phone 2:...................Fax:....................

7. State of Origin:......................Country:..........................

8. Chips Number:...........................................................


Congratulations once again and do have a nice day.


Regards,

Mr. Marcus Nelson.




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