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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:
  • "microsoft mega jackpot lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • +447045720448 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY U.K. <micro@onlinenotification.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:10:52 +0000
Subject: RE: CLAIMS NOTIFICATION INQUIRY





































MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY U.K.






REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/LBATCH: 4583JL/WIN

MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: UNITED KINGDOM
THE OAKLAND ROUNGE
52 WATERDEN ROAD,
HACKNEY, LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM
E15 2EE
INFORMATION LETTER ON INQUIRY


Attention: Alarik Luftmacher,

Your gratefulness and total support is our working language as we will do everything possibly enough to make sure that you as a winner claims your winnings. We appreciate your toughts and plights. Therefore we explains below:

The interpretation is simple and easy to comply with. First, your details will be sent to the Affiliated Courier Company Delux Delivery Systems U.K. for the Dispatch of your parcel under the Identity Number DDS (0978). So what the fee might be if you should ask me now should not be a token but a service delivery with better security measures put in place to ensure safe and sound delivery of services which may include monitary endeavours.

Posting/Mailing of your Documents of which are related to your claims winnings will not be a problem concisingly as the same documants has been pushed to the Courier Company (Delux Delivery Systems U.K.) for immediate dispatch together with your amount of 460,000.00 GBP won all parcelled togetherly as well. So you should not entertain any dound at all concerning the plans made out to help you claim your winnings. So in that sense, your documents and winnings togetherly will reach your destination in Germany at the below address of which has been forwarded to the Courier Company for immediate affection and procedure:

Metzger Weg 9Fürster36786 Federal Republic of GermanyTel: +49 137-3867722Fax: +49 171-5972842

Only and Only if you activate you charged fee of delivery with the Courier Company involved. Hence paying the delivery charges will be of help alot. The charges are to be charged by the delivery agency but as asked, By power and procedure, it should be between 550 GBP - 1,000 GBP as issue of Delivery Option would be granted.

Please note that your attachment was not in proper shape received as it was deleted by your server before arriving our electronic mailing address. Please see below for reference.

*Attachment removed by Qmail server* Hence, you are to resend for official statements and use. Send via another e-mail identity for easy collection.


Regards,

Signed,
The Claims Processor:Name: Mrs. Daines Denzel
E-mail: micro@onlinenotification.co.uk


Tel: +44 704 572 0448
Fax: +44 704 572 0449


Mrs. Daines Denzel
Claims Officer U.K.










Please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all correspondences with this office. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number.
(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained)





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