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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 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.
  • +447024034460 (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.
  • lando_ppm@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MSN/YAHOO PARTNERSHIP INFORMATION CENTER" <msn2007notice001@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:32:12 -0700
Subject: YOU ARE AMONG OUR 2007 PARTNERSHIP PROMOTION WINNERS

BONUS WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPT MSN-AWARD LOTTERY PROGRAMM United Kindom ,61-70 Southampton Row Bloomsbury London                          WINNER NO 4 United Kingdom WC 1B 4AR.              31 May, 2007                    Ref: MS-475061723             Batch: 744RT/MSN/UK   We the MSN/YAHOO/ MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you  today been the 30th  of May 2007  of  winners of our annual MSN/YAHOO/MICROSOFT PROMOTION AWARD   PROGRAMM conducted in UNITED KINGDOM  on the 24th of May 2007 .   Your  E-mail address  is attached to WINNER NO4, with serial number:7741137002 and drew the lucky numbers :6-9-11-33-36-49-29 , Batch No: 744RT/MSN/UK  which consequently won in the 3rd lottery category.  You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay  of  1000,000.00 pounds ( one million pounds) in cash ,Credited to file REF NO:MS_475061723 .   This is from the total prize money of  80,000,000.00 Pounds which is to be shared among the forty international winners in categories C .  All participants in this  program were selected randomly through our MSN/YAHOO/MICROSOFT Computer Ballot System, drawn from 85.000.000 internet users  from all search engines.Your e-mail address was picked by the automated MSN/YAHOO/MICROSOFT Computer Ballot System, which has been programed for this random selection.   This has eventually qualified you for the Winning.This promotional program takes place annually, and is promoted and sponsored by MSN/MICROSOFT Companies ,with the support of  British/European corporate companies and organizations to encourage the use of Internet and computers worldwide .   In view of this, your  prize  1,000,000.00 Pounds  would be released to you by Our  Prize Payment Officer (DR.TIMOTHY LANDON). He will immediately commence the process ,to facilitate the release of your lucky won prize as soon as you contact  him for the claim of your lucky prize.   You are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public, until you have received your cash prize  . This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming /hacking people of their ref number and prizes.      You are advised  to contact our  Prize Processing  Officer by means of email  or phone  to the below  contact info within the hour of reading this winning notification.   DR.TIMOTHY LANDON Office Of The Prize Payment Authority Prize Processing Officer MSN-Award  Lottery Promotion. Email: lando_ppm@hotmail.com Tel:  +447024034460  Mobile +447011147907  FAX: 44709-2873844,44709-2873187   When you contact him for payment(Timothy Landon) furninsh him with the following details for the issue of your WINNING CERTIFICATE:   (1)Full Name(2) Country (3)Date Of Birth(4) Occupation        (5) Home/Moblie Phone(6) Scanned copy of Internetional Passport Or Driving Licence   Note that  all prize money must be claimed not later than one month of notification . All funds not Claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned as Unclaimed Prize and donated to The Charity and please be aware that our Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,Verifications and validation provided by our prize processing officer.   NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with our payment  officer.   Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staffs of MSN/YAHOO/MICROSOFT COMPANY  to all our  lucky winners of this year.                                                                                                                                             Robert Montaomery Chairman of board of directors   Dr.Tom Mohr President   Dr.Mrs Hilary Schneider Lottery Co-ordinator   Mrs.Sue Clark-Johnson Financial Secretary   Dr.Timothy Landon Prize Processing Officer

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