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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (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 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_agentbasilpatrick@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "winningsucess@terra.es" <winningsucess@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:29:28 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON ($450,000USD)CONTACT AGENT


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BATCH NUMBER: ABC546UY
WINNING NUMBERS:CC2006
REFERENCE NUMBERS:00457YGH=20
WINNER NO: 10
=20
ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AUSTRALIA.
=20
=20
Dear Sir/ Madam,
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We the Australian MICROSOFT CORPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to=
inform you that you're among our winners of MS-WORD/YAHOO MICROSOFT LOTTO=
LOTTERY conducted in the Australia BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS P=
RESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 1stDay of August, =
2007
=20
Your Personal E-mail address or Company email is attached to WINNER NO: 10
with serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-66, =
, and consequently won in the first lottery category. You have therefore be=
en approved for lump sums pay of (FOUR Hundred Fifty Thousand United Sta=
tes Dollars Only) in cash Credited to file REF NO:MSW-00457YGH this is from=
total prize money of ,3000,000.00 Us Dollars, shared among the Twenty-five=
(25) lucky international winners in first and second category.
=20
All participants were selected from Worldwide Websites especially yahoo mai=
l,msn mail,aol mail, icq mail through our Microsoft computer ballot system =
drawn from 21,000 Names, 3,000 names from each continent (Canada, Asia, Aus=
tralia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania ), as part of=
International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, Which is conducted annually for=
our prominent MS -WORD users all over the world, and to encourage the use =
of Internet and Computers worldwide. =20
=20
Your fund has been insured with your REF NO: MSW-00457YGH and will be ready=
for delivery. It will be delivered to you by one of our Paymaster/claims a=
gent Staff in charge of AMERICAN Zone ( Dr Basil Patrick).=20
=20
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our AFRICA Region b=
ooklet representative office in NIGERIA as indicated in your play coupon. I=
n view of this, your $450,000 thousand States Dollars would be released to =
you by our payment office in Nigeria=20
=20
Your E-mail address should be used in all correspondence with your claims o=
fficer, please Note that, you are to contact your claims officer via email =
and phone as we are promoting the use of E-mail.=20
=20
Also you have the right to call him to confirm your winnings and government=
tax payment that is all.=20
=20
You are to keep your REF NUMBERS and BATCH NUMBER from the public, until yo=
u have been processed and your prize money delivered to you. This is part o=
f our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming pe=
ople of their ref number and prizes.=20
=20
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of the y=
ear High stakes of US$0.3billion International Lottery. To claim your winni=
ng prize, you must first contact our claims department by email for Process=
ing and remittance of your prize money to you from AFRICA Accredited Payin=
g Bank.=20
=20
To file for your claim, please contact Dr. Basil Patrick, claims agent with=
the following details,Reference Numbers,winning numbers,batch numbers,=20
Provide him with the information=E2=80=99s stated below:
1. Name: =20
2. Address: =20
3. Occupation: =20
4. Marital Status:=20
5. Age: =20
6. Country:=20
7. Nationality: =20
8. Telephone:=20
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NAME: Dr. Basil Patrick.

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E-MAIL: info_agentbasilpatrick@yahoo.co.uk=20
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Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the 30TH DAY OF Se=
ptember, 2007.=20
=20
All funds not Claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned as Uncla=
imed and will be seen as forfeited by you hence will be donated to charity=
organization around the world.
=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 B=
ill Gate of Microsoft and all his Associates for alleviating poverty round =
the World.=20

Sincerely,
=20

=20
Mrs. Basheera Abubakar Mrs. Caro Smith=20

(Co-ordinators).





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