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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447031902025 (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.
  • info_microsoft2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: amina hassan <aminahassanx9x@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:25:05 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION TO YOU FROM MICROSOFT




Microsoft Award Team
UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED UK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY



DEAR

The prestigious Micrsoft and aol has set out and sucessfully organised on 28th May year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over ₤10 000.000 Britain Pounds for this year 2007 Anniversary Draws.

Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an 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 ticket number [9523095698] with serial numbers BTD/7060648418/07 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you ₤2.000 000.00 (TWO Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling) as one of the 5 winners in this draw.

You have therefore won the entire winning sum of ₤2,000,000.00 (TW0 Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling ) The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom
These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.

To file for your claim Please contact your delivery agency in the contact information below:

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. (9523095698) In view of this, your(₤ 2,000,000.00) Great Britain Pounds Sterling ) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe
U S and Africa.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. Please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers; this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him with the information’s
NAME:...........................AGE:........................................SEX:........................................ADDRESS:...............................EMAIL:....................................PHONE:...................................OCCUPATION:.........................
MARITAL STATUS.................COMPANY:..............................COUNTRY:...............................

Mr. MIKE KENNY.Email; info_microsoft2007@yahoo.co.uk

Phone Number: +447031902025
(CLAIM MANAGER ) CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF Microsoft UK NATIONALNATIONAL LOTTERY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE OFFICIALS, FRIENDS, RELATIVES, MANAGEMENT, ETC OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY LOTTERY DRAW ORGANISED BY THE UK LOTTERY.

Our special thanks and 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 One weeks from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forefeit your winnings.In compliance with the sponsoring bodies, you are to make a remittance of a part of your won fund,not lower than 10-percent, after receiving your allocation to a charity organisation.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of year Anniversary Draws.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO, KINDLY CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS

MICROSOFT PROMOTION AWARD TEAM
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