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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.
• 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.
  • +447024022407 (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.
  • euromillionsjackpott@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rohit Kaul" <Rohit.Kaul@borland.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:20:57 +0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MasterCard=AE_Winning_No=3AM/card/456/2008_=28Contact=3A-_?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?groupawardz08=40yahoo=2Ede=29?=

MasterCard® / Microsoft® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT
Bradford City Centre Branch
7 hustlergate bradford, West Yorkshire
MICROSOFT OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM

Attn:Winner
Winning No:M/card/456/2008
Ticket No:Mcard/647/2008

AMOUNT WON: £553,437.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand Great Britain Pounds).This email address has brought you an unexpected luck,Your e-mail address was selected and confirmed by our co-sponsor Microsoft International, through their latest released internet software. You have therefore been approved by MasterCard Int. /Microsoft UK the sum of £553,437.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand Great Britain Pounds).

CONTACT CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR.

NAME: Mrs Moreo Edna

Email: euromillionsjackpott@yahoo.de

Phone # : Tel: +44 702 402 2407, +44 702 402 2415
MasterCard® / Microsoft® Promotion Department

CONGRATULATIONS! In your best interest and to avoid mix up of winning numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.

NOTE: To file for your claim, Please Do email the above Claims Administrator,at once with all the claims requirements below. To avoid unnecessary delay. They are needed to proceed.

Claims Requirements:

1. Full Name:.....................................
2. Address:.......................................
3. Nationality:...................................
4. Age:............................................
5. Occupation:.....................................
6. Phone:................Fax:.....................
7. State of Origin:...........Country:............
8. IDENTITY CARD IF ANY...........................

Secretary
Mrs.Mercy Hunt @
MasterCard® / Microsoft® Mega Jackpot

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