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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:
  • "20 craven park, harlesden" (address often used in lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447031748263 (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.
  • micro_soft_1@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • agent@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MICRO SOFT FOUNDATION" <soft_53@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: micro_soft_1@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 10:29:06 +0000
Subject: 20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom

Microsoft Award Team 20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom Ref: BTD/968/05 Batch: 409978E                                                                 CONGRATULATION!  CONGRATULATION!!  CONGRATULATION!!!   Dear. Sir/ Madam,BILL GATE   The prestigious Microsoft and Aol  has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the  year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over US$ 400,419,864 for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected  and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage IN CONJUNCTION with EURO-AFRO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM SITUATED  IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.    The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this massage, you will defiantly regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies & in effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.   Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to reference and ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you £ 850,000.00 ( Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds)  as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £ 850,000.00 (Eight  Hundred & Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 31st May  ,2007. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.                    Please be informed by this winning notification to file your claims immediately.You are adviced to make contact to your referred agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your winning prize. To file for this claims, Please Contact your delivery agency in the contact information below: To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in South Africa (WHERE YOUR DRAW FALLS  INTO) immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund.                                DELIVERY AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION: NAME OF COURIER FIRM: FRONTIERS DELIVERY SERVICES OFFICE ADDRESS: 102 Oxford Street London,WC1N 3HR United- Kingdom. TEL: + 27  733 110 105  TEL: + 27 731815660 ,+447031748263 Email:micro_soft_1@hotmail.co.uk,  msoft_agent@yahoo.com Contact Person:  Dr. JOHN BLAIR(claim agent)   We dedicate our special thanks & gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.   Note: You have TWO (2) weeks from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forefeit your winnings. Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of year Anniversary Draws.FILL THE BELOW FORM AND FORWARD TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT IN SOUTH AFRICA; Name:................. Country:...................... Place of Residence........  Occupation:..................... Sex:............................. Age:........................... Amount Won:....................... Telephone no:.................... Marrital Status:...................... Email address:.......................... Company if any:.........................   KINDLY CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS AND PRCESSING AND TRNSFER OF YOUR CLAIM/ FUND TO YOUR NORMINATED BANK OF YOUR CHOICE. THANKS    Mrs. Linda Rose.   Microsoft Promotion Team  Vice President. IN CONJUNTION WITH EURO-AFROSWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM SITUATED IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

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