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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • davidgoerge@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "office.file204 Gazeta.pl" <office.file204@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: davidgoerge@rocketmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:14:02 +0200
Subject: FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONAL MANAGER,


*FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONAL** **MANAGER,*
* INTERNATIONAL PRICE PROMOTION*
*AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION LOTTERY*
*JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA*

*REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937*
*BATCH NO: 2008JANTL#22*
*WINNER NO: 5*

*ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION*
*AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM*
**
*DEAR WINNER,*
* *
*MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT** **WORLDWIDE **ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORD LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN SOUTH AFRICA,
BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING
PROGRAMS HELD ON **20TH, JANUARY 2008**. ***
* *
*YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO** **JANUARY *
*MSWLL. **WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168 DREW THE LUCKY
NUMBERS887-13-865-37-10-83, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY
CATEGORY. YOU
HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUMS OF **$ 2,000,000 (USD TWO MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS)** CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 THIS IS
FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $ 200,000,000 USD, SHARED AMONG THE **
HUNDRED (100) LUCKY **INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.*
* *
*ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM **WORLDWIDE WEBSITES **ESPECIALLY **
HOTMAIL THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000
NAMES, 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED
STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "**
E-MAIL**" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT
**MS -WORD** USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, **AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF
INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE. ***
*YOUR FUND (CERTIFIED CHEQUE) HAS BEEN INSURED WITH YOUR REF NO:
MSW-L/200-26937 AND WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY. IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU
BY ONE OF OUR FIDUCIARY AGENTS IN CHARGE OF YOUR ZONE** **(DR DAVID GEORGE)*
*.** YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR
FIDUCIARY AGENT, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
OFFICER/FIDUCIARY AGENT VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF
E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL HIM TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS, THAT
IS ALL, AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM
YOUR PRIZE.*
* *
*AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE **
MSW/JAN/XX08** TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT. *
**
**
** *PRIZE CLAIM*
**
**
*CLAIMS AGENT OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL IS:***
* *
*DR. DAVID GEORGE*
**
*CLAIMS AGENT*
**
*E-MAIL:davidgoerge@rocketmail.com **REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE
CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.** **ALL FUNDS NOT CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE THE
FIXED DATE WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND DONATED TO CHARITY ORGANIZATION
IN AFRICA .*
* *
*NOTE:** IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE
AND BATCH NUMBERS AND YOUR SECURITY CODE OF MSW/JAN/XX08 IN ALL
CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. *
*** *
*CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF
MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR **LUCKY** WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR
BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND
GRATITUDE **TO BILL GATE FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD. ***
*SINCERELY,*
* *
* [image: (Photograph)]** ** [image: Queen
Salote Tupou III of Tonga (1918-65)]*
* *
*Mrs. **Basheera** Abubakar Mrs. Caro Smith *
*(Co-coordinator). (Secretary)*

* *

*LOTTERY SPONSORS**: **CHIEF SPONSORS;*

*MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA , *
*MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA**.*

**
*Past winners.*
**
*

*

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