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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")
  • "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 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.
  • +447024010433 (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.
  • petintorg@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • peterbrown2008@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: 1REHC5NM <petintorg@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:04:18 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING / CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENTS


(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)Microsoft Award Team
50 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom
Ref: UKNL-L/200-26937 Batch: 2005MJL-01
Dear sir/ madam

The prestigious Microsoft and Aol has set out and sucessfully organised a Sweepstakes marking this year 2008 anniversary, we rolled out over USDM40,459,864 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 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 20511465463-7644 with serial numbers S/N-00168 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you £1,100,000.00 (One Million One Hundred Thousand Pounds) as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £1,100,000.00. The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

To file your claim, fill the form below and contact your claims agent whose details is given below.:
Name_____________________________________ Country__________________________________ Occupation_______________________________ Sex______________________________________ Age_______________________________________ Tel___________________________________ Referrence No. __________________________________ Serial No. __________________________________ Ticket No. __________________________________

CLAIM AGENT CONTACT.
Name :Mr.Peter BrownEmail Address: petintorg@hotmail.com [mailto:petintorg@hotmail.com] or peterbrown2008@hotmail.com [mailto:peterbrown2008@hotmail.com] number :+(44)-7024010433 Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates. We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.Note: You have one weeks from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forefeit your winnings, in compliance with the sponsoring bodies you are to make a remittance of a part of your won fund not lower than 10-percent after receiving your allocation to any charity organization of your choice.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative and this year Anniversary Draws.
Mrs. Winfrey Ricky
Microsoft Promotion Team
Vice President

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