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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • +34634191057 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: David Jordi <david_jord9@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 11:42:48 +0000
Subject: WINNER CLAIM VERIFICATION FORM ATTACHED.



WINNER CLAIM VERIFICATION FORM ATTACHED.

ATTENTION: WINNER.

Thank you for contacting us at the Due Process Unit. We are assigned to render advice and assistance in line with your winning claim process of Microsoft Promotion Award Team has finally conducted E-game lottery for 2007.

We wish to congratulate you and formally inform you that you have won the sum of 1.000, 000.00 Euros (One Million Euros) in the last Microsoft Award draw, organized here in Spain.

Attached here with is a Claim Application Form and processing information to process your Beneficiary Winning Prize Certificate and this form will be sent through your winning Email account to prevent claims from the following:

A. Double claims by some fraudulent Individuals.B. To avoid the mistransfer of your entitlement as a result of diverted information.

Your Document will be submitted to all departments in the Organization as the Beneficiary upon the receipt of your completed forms. Further to this, your documents will then be transferred to the Ministry of Justice for authentication purpose.

You are required to forward the below details to help facilitate the processing of your certificate and the release of your winning prize.

We ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your winning Prize has been remitted into your nominated account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. Finally, our advice is that you should correctly fill the Claimer Processing Form below and return to this office via fax or as email attachment to enable us verify your winning.


























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MICROSOFT TEAM CONSULTANT SERVICE S.A.
CARRER FONTANA 26, 08002 PLAZA CATALUÑA.
BARCELONA-SPAIN. TEL: 0034-634-191-057 FAX: 0034-933-807-700

























WINNER CLAIM VERIFICATION FORM



WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA



First Name.:



Middle Name.:


Last Name.: *





Gender.: MaleFemale





Month Of Birth.: MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Day: Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031

Year:





Marital Status.: SingleMarriedDivorced


Nationality/Country.: *


Religion.:


Occupation.:




Address 1.: *


Address 2.:


City.: *


State/Province.: *


Zip/Postal Code.: *





Mobile Phone No.: *


House Phone No.: *


Fax No.:


Email Address.: * e.g.. username@domainname.com





WINNING INFORMATION


Batch/Reference Number.: *


Amount Won: *


Ticket/Series Number.: *




This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: No:




Await your prompt response and acknowledgement.

Good luck,

Mr. David Jordi.
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