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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 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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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!
• 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.
  • microsoftclaimagentoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Grace E Dave " <sweepstakelotterydraw@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 07:41:50 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-15?Q?CONGRATULATION!_CONGRATULATION!!_YOUR_EMAIL_HAVE_WON_=A3?=
=?iso-8859-15?Q?500,000.00!!!?=


(Microsoft src="http://i2.microsoft.com/h/all/i/ms_masthead_8x6a_ltr.jpg)(MSN src="http://i2.microsoft.com/h/en-us/i/msnlogo.gif) WINNING DRAW NUMBER=(Get ed traffic to your web site!)=WINNING DRAW NUMBER MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E Dear Winner, CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
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The prestigious Micrsoft and aol has set out and sucessfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the year 2008 anniversary we rolled out over £3.500,000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Great Britian Pounds) only for (7) Lucky Winners as our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected Through our computer ballot system draw from 21,000 names 3,000 names from each continent(Canada Asia australia America Europe Middle East Africa and Oceania, as part of international e-mail promotions program from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage..

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised 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 £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling) as one of the 7 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling) The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 26th of May,2008. These Draws are commemorative and as such 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 LIVERPOOL,WC1N 3HR UINTED KINGDOM.Tele :0044 703 189 4793Fax :0044 870 479 9213E-MAIL: microsoftclaimagentoffice@gmail.com [mailto:microsoftclaimagentoffice@gmail.com]Web/Email:www.micosoft.co.ukContact Person: Call Dr.Elex Smith. For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember you must contact your claim manager not later than two weeks. Otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed and will be Donated to charity organisations in africa NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every of your correspondences with your claims agent.

Also to begin your Claims send to your claims agent the following information by email:A COPY OF YOUR ID (Passport or Drivers License)Occupation:…………………………………Ref No:……………………………………Full names:…………………………………winning secret numbers……………………..............Marital Status:.................................................................................Sex:………………………………..Age:…………………………………………..Tel:……………………………Fax:………………………………………………..Your Address:………….………………………………………………………….Country Of Residence:.................................................................... Once again we say congratulation and thanks for being part of our Promotional programs. [http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/images/1012_LEteam/3133222_anna.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1012_LEteam/page2.shtml&amp;h=300&amp;w=300&amp;sz=29&amp;hl=en&amp;start=200&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=uFRQP8ye2vb9AM:&amp;tbnh=116&amp;tbnw=116&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3DANNA%2BPICTURES%26start%3D180%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN]Mrs. Grace E Dave
co-ordinator microsoft award team united kingdom sign Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden(Phd) (Manager Domestic Banking Operations),Davies Smith Johnson (Bsc)Director International remmittence claims Dept ) Prof James Williams (Director International funds Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer ((PRO) MRS JULIE VAN HANS (VICE PRESIDENT) //////////// Copyright 1994-2008 The united kingdom interative Lottery Inc.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline. 600860 8556 2548 9576ZASpecial Thanks and gratitude to Bill Gate And his associates /UNDP for Alleviating poverty around the world.NB:Please do not reply to this mail since we will be unable to answer. Contact your Claims Manager by Email, or Phone immediately.



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