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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim 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.
  • +447024076338 (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.
  • awardinnovators2008@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: micros award <mic.aw.a38@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:31:47 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION



















Microsoft Award TeamMicrosoft House10 Great Pulteney StreetLondon W1F 9NB.
Attn;Winner, CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the year 2008 anniversary we rolled out over UK Pounds 4,419,864 for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized 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 program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you £1,350,000.00 (One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £1,350,000.00 (One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) the draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the Month of January, 2008. These Draws are commemorative and 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 through the process to facilitate the release of your prize. To file for your claim Please Contact your delivery agency in the contact information below:
DELIVERY AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:
NAME OF COURIER FIRM: FRONTIERS DELIVERY SERVICES.OFFICE ADDRESS: 60 Great Ormond Street London , WC1N 3HR United- Kingdom.Email:awardinnovators2008@yahoo.com
Tele: +4470-240-76-338Contact Person: Dr James Smith


You are advised to contact your delivery agent with the following details filled to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
MICROSOFT AWARD VERIFICATION FORM




Name


Prefix (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc.):




First name:




Middle name:




Last name:




Nickname:




Maiden name:




Suffix (Sr., Jr., II, III, etc.):




Personal


Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):




Gender:

Male Female


Marital status:




Spouse/significant other:




Lotto serial Number




Lotto lucky Numbers




Preferences


Preferred address for correspondence:

Home Work/business


Home address and phone


Address:




City:




State/province:




Zip/postal code:




Country:




Phone:



Fax:




Mobile/cellular:




Internet at home


E-mail:




Home page:




Employment and business


Job title:




Occupation:







Work address:




City:




State/province:




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Phone:




Fax:




Mobile/cellular:




Transfer Options


Swift Transfer(Online Transfer)Yes or No
Courier delivery of cheque: Yes or No




Have you won before; Yes or No


Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates. We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune. Thank you for being part of our commemorative new year Anniversary Draws. Note: You have one week from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forfeit your winnings. In compliance with the sponsoring bodies, you are to make a remittance of a part of your won fund, not lower than 5-percent, after receiving your allocation to a charity organization.
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO; KINDLY CONTACT YOUR DELIVERY AGENT DIRECTLY VIA HIS PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS AS SHOWN ABOVE FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS.PLEASE CALL DOCTOR JAMES SMITH (YOUR CLAIM AGENT) ON PHONE,IF YOUR MAIL WAS NOT RESPONDED TO WITHIN 24 HOURS.

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