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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft mega jackpot lottery" (no such lottery exists)
  • "microsoft lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• 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")
  • "claims 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.
  • +447031870921 (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.
  • peterandersonz@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: microsoft lottery <mmllltt7@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:41:25 +0200
Subject: MICROSOFT PROMOTION AWARD WORLDWIDE.









MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MICROSOFT™ PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
61-70 SOUTHAMPTON ROW, BLOOMSBURY LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM WC1B 4AR.

Dear Mr/Mrs/Sir/Madam:

Today, we announce the 10 lucky winners of the MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROGRAM held on 1th August 2007. Your company or your personal e-mail address, attached to the Chip Number: 8977742, won in the First lottery category 001. Your email address has brought you an unexpected luck, please read through this message.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of B#1,000,000 GBP (One Million Great Britain Pounds) in cash credited to file MSW/9080118308/02/LA.This is from a total cash prize of B#10.000,000 GBP(Ten Million Great Britain Pounds) shared amongst the ten (10) lucky winners.

All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system,drawn from Canada, Asia, Australia, United States, Europe, Middle East,Africa and Oceania .As part of international "MICROSOFT™ USER"
promotions program, this is conducted annually.and this is your clamining procedure.

REF.:PEC/9030108308/07. Batch: 15/76/EF36.
Serial No: SALP97585. FILE No: B665 75608567.
Security code: ZA/183/RR

This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly completed early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double claim, you are advised to keep this notice to yourself because we shall not be responsible for any divert of funds as a result of you disclosing your lottery award details,

I hereby advice you to report to the Microsoft lottery claims agent whose information is stated below.



AWARD SPONSORS


MICROSOFT™ CORPORATION.


Please call your claim agent if your mail was not responded to within 24 hours:

PLEASE SEND A COPY OF YOUR CONTACT INFORMATIONS TO BOTH EMAILS PROVIDED ABOVE.




1, Full Names:

2, Date of birth:

3, Present Contact Address:

4, Country Of Residence:

5, Tel/Fax:

6, Your Winning serial and ref. no.:

7, Winning Email address:

8, Occupation

9, Sex:

10 Total amount won: £1,000,000.000

11, Mode Of Payment









CONTACT PERSON: MR.PETER ANDERSON.E-MAIL:peterandersonz@yahoo.com
TEL : +447-031-870-921
Do email the above mentioned person, at once with all the claims requirements below. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications.
The above requirements are needed to enable the immediate release of your won prize.Remember, all prize money must be claimed within 30 days of this Notification . all funds not claimed on or before the fixed data will be returned as unclaimed and donated to charity organizations. Congratulations, once more from the entire management and staff of Microsoft tm co-operation to all our lucky winners this year .

Thanks you for being part of this promotional lottery program.


Sincerely,
(SECRETARY)
Best Regards,

Mrs. Edlyn AlbertSecretary Microsoft Mega Jackpot Lottery

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims processor immediately via email. make sure you keep your winning data confidencal to aviod dobule cleming . Have it in mind that this is not a Scam.

WARNING!!! ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS PROCESSOR,IMMEDIATELY; FOR WE HAVE OBSARVE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SCAMMERS GOING AROUND THE WORLD THROGH INTERNANET CLAMING TO BE MICROSOFT LOTTERY , PLEASE ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS PROCESSOR THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.

Microsoft Mega Jackpot Lottery, property of the Microsoft Inc. CopyrightB. 2007. All Rights reserved.





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