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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:

• 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 fake 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.
  • +447031871241 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704798201 (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.
  • microagent2007@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "yahooagent5@terra.es" <yahooagent5@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:49:00 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: MICROSOFT WINNING NOTOFICATION




Microsoft presents Hill team with innovator award.
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E


Dear Winner,

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The prestigious Micrsoft and Aol has set out and sucessfully organised a Sw=
eepstakes marking the new year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over =C2=A385=
0.000.00 ( eight hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds) for our e=
nd of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly sele=
cted and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronag=
e.=20

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalise=
d 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 pro=
gram, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008=
795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers =
14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you =C2=A3850,000.00 (eight hu=
ndred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot win=
ners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of =C2=A38=
50,000.00 (eight hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds). The draw=
s registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Ki=
ngdom on the 2nd of AUGUST 2007. 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 thr=
ough the process to facilitate the release of your prize.To file for your c=
laim Please Contact your fiduciary agent

Mr. John Smith
Microsoft & Aol Promotion Award Team
Email: microagent2007@yahoo.com
Phone:+44-703-187-1241
Fax :+44-870-479-8201

You are advised to contact your Fiduciary Agent with the following details =
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
=20
Name (in Full)Mr/Mrs :
Country:=20
Address:
Direct Telephone No.:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation/position:
Ticket Number:
Batch Number:
Serial Number:
Lucky Numbers=20

as indicated in this winning Notification and Phone numbers.Thank you for b=
eing part of this promotional award program.

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish y=
ou the
best of luck as you spend your good fortune.Thank you for being part of our=
commemorative new year Anniversary Draws.


Sincerely,
Dr. Bryan McDonald
Microsoft And Aol PromotionTeam 2007






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