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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:
  • "microsoft corporation word lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (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)
• 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.
  • +447045768569 (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.
  • claimdepartment100@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "nokia promotion program" <programdirectoruk@googlemail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 21:52:47 +0100
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Congratulations!_your_email_ad?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?dress_has_won_you_=A31,000,000_Mi?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?llion_British_pounds_in_the_ong?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?oing_NOKIA_MOBILE_/_EMAIL_PROMO?=


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FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.

REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 2007MARL#22
WINNER NO: 7

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM

APPROVED
WINNING NOTIFICATION !


Dear Sir/ Madam,

We, UK MICROSOFT COOPERATION/MSN , are pleased to inform that you have
emerged one of the winners in our Month III email draws held on 4th of
October, 2008.Your personal or company email address attached to winning
number 23-76-06-54-42-100 with serial number 647489 consequently won in the
Tenth category.Since the draw was conducted by zonal batching of emails,and
the globe was petitioned,in this instance, into two zones,you are hereby
informed that your winning perchance falls in African Zone,and hence,you
will be paid by our African payment Center through our affiliate bank
African Development Bank Group.

You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay of £1,000,000.00 BPS(One
Million British Pounds Sterling) credited to File REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937
from a total money prize of 27,000,000.00 BPS, shared among the Twenty-five
(27) lucky international winners in first and second category.The selection
of winners was carried out through random sampling in our computerized email
selection machine(TOPAZ) from a database of
more than 1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the
world.You should note that the online draws were conducted by random
sampling of 29,031 email-lists of individuals and corporate bodies by an
advanced automated search on the net.No tickets were sold but each email was
assigned to different ticket numbers for representation.This promo is part
of our programmed designed to encourage Microsoft Internet Explorer use and
continuing use of email facilities.
Your fund (certified cheque) has been insured with your REF NO:
MSW-L/200-26937 and winning Number 23-76-06-54-42-100.To claim your
prize,you should contact by email the Prize Processing And Remittance
Department(UK MICROSOFT/MSN):

THE CLAIMS AGENT'S CONTACT DETAILS:
Name:Mr.Jerry White
Email: claimdepartment100@yahoo.com
Tel: +447045768569
One of the logos of Microsoft Windows, the Company's best-known product.
(CLAIMS AGENT)

claimdepartment100@yahoo.com

PLEASE, YOU SHOULD PROVIDE YOUR CLAIMS AGENT THE DATA BELOW :

1.Full Name:......................... .............................. ......

2.Address:.................... ..............................
...............

3.Nationality:................ .............................. ..............

4.Sex:........................ .............................. ..............

5.Age:........................ .Date of Birth:........................ .
....

6.Scanned copy of your international passport....................

6.Occupation:................. .............................. ..............

7. Home Tel..............Mobile Tel..................Fax...... ........

9.State of Origin:.................... .Country:..................... . ..

9.Indicate the zone where your winning falls......................

You should note that you are expected to initiate and/complete your prize
claim on or before 15 days from the date you received your winning
notification. All funds not Claimed on or within this time-frame will be
returned as Unclaimed and donated to charity organizations .On a serious
note,you are advised to keep your reference and batch numbers confidential,
until your winning has been processed and your money delivered to you. This
is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this well-intentioned programme geared towards alleviating poverty
worldwide. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to quote your security code .

Finally, we heartily congratulate you for been one of the lucky winners of
this edition of our
online promo!

Sincerely,


Dr.Monica Shagaya Mrs. Caro Smith
(Online Co-ordinator). ( Secretary )


LOTTERY SPONSOR
UK Microsoft Corporation





One of the logos of Microsoft Windows, the Company's best-known product.


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Note;
Do not reply this mail, you are to contact your claims officer immediately
by email. Microsoft Electronic Mail Lottery is approved and Licensed by the
The International Association of Gaming Regulators .
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