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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • "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)
  • "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +448704718491 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: British Email Select Award Headoffice London <uk-Instruction@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:10:53 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-15?Q?The_Microsoft_E-Mail_Select_Award_Winning_Notification?=
=?iso-8859-15?Q?_Go_Through_The_Notification_And__Follow_The_Instructi?=
=?iso-8859-15?Q?on_/Aug.__2008.?=




(Yahoo! UK &amp; Ireland)
Yahoo Awards Center

BRITISH MICROSOFT E-MAIL SELECT AWARD FROM HEAD OFFICES LONDON 4th, August . 2008.

British Microsoft Award
Headquarters: Customerservice
33 Yatch Basin Marina Office,
UponTyne Newcastle London
Attn:Winner
Your email addresses have just won a Yahoo cum Windows live prize money of (ONE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) (GBP£1,000,000.00) today 4th, of August. 2008Award winners emerge through random selection of all active email subscribers online. Six are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion.


Payment Of Prize And Claim

Winners are to be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Canter. This Prize Award must be claimed in not later than 15 days from date of draw notification after which unclaimed prizes are cancelled.
WINNER NO: 4 (Get ed traffic to your web site!) These are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER:MFI/07/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
AWARD WINNING NO: 4 These numbers fall within the South African file.Thus, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Johannesburg and send your winning identification numbers to him:
Contact No: Foreign Transfer Agent
NAME Mr. GREGORY JUDE UNITED KINGDOM MICROSOFT AWARD REPRESENTATIVE AGENT IN SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: 0027780531122 Offic Fax No: 0027866476669
E-Mail info-office-d-4@informaticos.com [mailto:info-office-d-4@informaticos.com]
(Microsoft src="http://i2.microsoft.com/h/all/i/ms_masthead_8x6a_ltr.jpg) Kindly Send The Following Information To Your Claim Agent To Facilitate The Release Of Your Fund.
1. Full Name................. 2. Country........................
3. Telephone Number........ 4. Fax Number.................... 5. Date Of Birth............... 6. Occupation.................. 7. Contact Address............ 8. E-Mail Address.............
9.Copy Of Your International Passport Or Drivers License........
Once Your Agent Acknowledges Receipt Of This Required Detail, Transfer Would Commence.
Congratulations!! Once Again.
Yours in service, (FPO Image) [ Prof John Martins] [Mrs. Mary E. Chris]
[British Microsoft Award Manager] [British Microsoft Award Secretary]
NOTE
You are hereby advised not to disclose the content of this Prize Award until your money have been remitted to you to avoid disqualification that will arise from dual claim. Best Regard,

[Signed By Dr. C. Mark Van]
[Lottery Board Director] Head Office U.K Fax No: +44 8704718491 [http://www.microsoft.com/] [http://www.microsoft.com/]



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