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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)
• 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.
  • +447045732686 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Microsoft Coperation Promation <gmi_nes55@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <gmirichard@uku.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:44:35 -0500
Subject: Re: Claim Your Microsoft Lottery Prize



Microsoft Award Team Winning Verification

Microsoft Award Team20 Craven Park, HarlesdenLondon NW10United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05Batch: 409978E

Dear Winner,


I am pleased to inform you of the announcement today that you are one of the winners of the MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on the 4th of January,2008.Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to: Ticket Number: 008795727498serial number: BTD/9080648302/06 lucky numbers: 14-21-25-39-40-47(20)REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £2,550 000.00 (two million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) credited to the refrence number as stated above.You are to contact us immediately for processing and remittance of your prize money to you via this following informationName: Mr. Wukovich RichardEmail: gmirichard@uku.co.ukTel/Fax: +447045732686

You are also advised to give the following informations to the claim's agent via email PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FORMFirst Name:........................................Last Name:.........................................Sex:................................................Office/ResidentAddress:............................................Telephone.................Mobile...................Fax:.................................................Occupation:.........................................Date of Birth.......................................Nationality:........................................Winner's E-mail:................................... You are to choose from any of the transfer options Below(1)ONLINE BANK TRANSFER(2)COURIER DELIVERY

Thank you for being part of this promotional award program.Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates. We wish you thebest of luck as you spend your good fortune. Thank you for being part of our commemorative yearly Anniversary Draws.
Sincerely,Dr. Bryan McDonaldMicrosoft Corporation Promotion Team
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