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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Fitt Coleman ( Microsoft Corp Uk) <online@microsoft.com>
Reply-To: microsoft-2256865@ifrance.com
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:22:47 +0100
Subject: Microsoft Winning Alert


MICRO SOFT WORLD WEB-EMAIL WINNING ALERT


Micro Soft Award Beneficiary,

RE: WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT


This message confirms that you have received from MICRO SOFT OFFICE a =
notification of your award prize winning in the Micro Soft world promotion =
draws of January 14Th 2008 held at the MICRO SOFT Office in United Kingdom.


Lottery Winning No.: 45-55-01-61-01-33
Lottery Draw Date: January 14Th, 2008
Winning Ticket 7Th Prize Winners
Confirmation Number: MSQQ89
AMOUNT WON/PRIZE: 1,000,000.00 (One million - PAY-OUT IN EURO ONLY.


Your web-mail ticket number drew as one of the lucky award winning ticket =
numbers for the MICRO SOFT 7Th PRIZE DRAWS in which seven (7) winners =
emerged.
Your Email Address won a prize amount of 1,000,000,00 (ONE MILLION EURO). =
The prize pay-out of your winning will officially be approved by the MICRO =
SOFT Board Director in accordance with the United Kingdom Award REGULATIONS =
AND POLICY.


ABOUT MICRO SOFT AWARD:
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The MICRO SOFT award promotion is world promotional award organized by the =
joint European states comprising of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, =
Spain,Swiss and 12 other Asia nations as its partner.


This promotion is entry free which NO TICKETS ARE PURCHASED! Winners are =
randomly selected systematically on-line by City code, Web-email and World =
site entry only, selections of winners are generated by an Electronic Random =
Selection System (ER-SS) used by MICRO SOFT WINDOW VISTA.


>From a total of 58,6658 thousand email addresses and 1600000 world cities =
codes entered for MICRO SOFT AWARD PRIZE GROUP 12, Your Web-mail entered for =
draw No.2 and was luckily selected among 7 lucky winners in the group.


1ST TICKET NO # 5-88-12-41-19-77
2ND TICKET NO # 45-55-01-61-01-33
3RD TICKET NO # 10-11-61-33-28-44


LOTTERY PRIVACY:
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All e-mails are submitted by our international email service providers/ =
marketing companies and public services providers. MICRO SOFT holds the right =
to annual or cancel prize payment to winners upon request by winners. Secrecy =
is utmost observed by the MICRO SOFT for winners privacy. All prize payment =
will be paid out securely to winners upon valid
verification.


CLAIMING YOUR AWARD PRIZE:
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=3D=3D


If you have received this notice via email, you are authorized as the =
official award prize winner to make claims for your winning prize within 21 =
days of receiving this notice. You are required to confirm receipt of this =
Winning Notification.


For processing of your prize winning claims, please contact the MICRO SOFT =
VERIFICATION OFFICER on contact information below by email or fax.

MICROSOFT VERIFICATION OFFICER
MR. Bernard
Tel: + 33 6 42803442
Fax: + 33 1 77759132
Webmail: microsoft-2256865@ifrance.com


An official MICRO SOFT CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM will be sent to you once a =
confirmation of this notification has been received by the Award =
Verification Officer. Furthermore, should there be any change of your =
Web-mail address or information's, do inform the office as soon as possible =
to avoid disqualification of winnings.


We strongly advise you keep every of your award winning information's from =
the public to avoid interception of winning data's


Once again, congratulations on your prize winning.

Sincerely ,

Mr Fitt Coleman
C/o
L. Chris


Chief Financial Officer, MICRO SOFT Award Disbursement Center London. FOR =
INQUIRIES CONTACT OUR SERVICE LINE: online@microsoft.com

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