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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 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")
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31616211231 (Netherlands, 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.
  • snsbanknl@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "danielhowards1@terra.es" <danielhowards1@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:15:00 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: YOU HAVE WON THE MICROSOFT PROMOTION.



YOU HAVE WON THE MICROSOFT PROMOTION.
Online draw | Cash file Number: MSW/441-79534, 27th of June 2007 08:48:29 =
=20
FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PR=
IZE=20
AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
UNITED KINGDOM. 61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
REFERENCE NO: MSW/800-78561
BATCH NO: 754523WL98
WINNER NO: 97713504
=20
!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.
=20
DEAR STAR WINNER,
=20
The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Pr=
omotion Department of the MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL, wishes to congratulate y=
ou on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' MICROSOFT INTERN=
ATIONAL AWARENESS Promotion, held on the 27th of June, 2007, in London, Eng=
land.=20
Your personal email address or company email was attached to Microsoft-Worl=
d wide with a ticket number M/L9918609 Drew the lucky number 472-88-9214X, =
and consequently qualifiers you in the first lottery category.=20
To receive the amount credited (USD$ 1,500,000,00) Payable in cash, this is=
from the total prize of USD$ 25,000,000, Shared among the luckey internati=
onal winners.
All participants were selected from worldwide website especially from our M=
icrosoft computer ballot system drew 21,000 Names from eash content
CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEA=
NIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM,=20
WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORD USERS ALL OVER THE W=
ORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.=20
Be inform that you have right to call the claim agent to confirm your winni=
ng information and claim, As he will provide you the necessary details on h=
ow to claim your prize.=20
As part of our security protocol you are to quote this security Code (MWL/X=
XM/FEB06) to the paying bank, this is to prevent scam.
Please contact our remittamce bank (SNSBANK BV) in the Netherlands branch =
for claim of fund:
***************************************************************************=
*******
SNS Hypotheek Bank NL
Contact Person: Dr. Donald Van Dolf
Email: snsbanknl@aol.com
Website: www.snsbank.nl
Nieuwe Parklaan 125,2804 AR Den Haag
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-616-211-231
Fax: +31-847-204-981
***************************************************************************=
*******
Endeavour to contact our paying bank with the following information's:
VERIFICATION FORM:
1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) COMPANY:=20
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:=20
12.) TICKET NUMBER:=20
13.) SERIAL NUMBER:
14.) AMOUNT WON:
15) WINNING NO: AND SECURITY CODE: =20
CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOF=
T COOPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART =
OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BI=
LL GATE OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES.=20
SINCERELY,
=20
Engr. DANIEL HOWARD
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.=20
=20
THE MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT =C2=A92007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED=20





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