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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:
  • "ms-word lotto" (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)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
  • ",500,000" (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.
  • +447031928613 (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.
  • kareem.abdul38@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 08:27:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION: YOU HAVE WON PRIZE AWARD.



FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZEAWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT COOPERATION WORD LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B.
 
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 2008NOVTL#22
WINNER NO: 5
 
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER : UNITED KINGDOM
 
 
 

                           WINNING NOTIFICATION !
 
 
Dear Sir/ Madam,
 
We the MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you of the today¢s winners of our annual MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY conducted in UNITE KINGDOM BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS  HELD   ON 1st , NOVEMBER, 2008.
 
Your Personal E-mail address or Company email is attached to WINNER NO: 5 NOVEMBER-2008-01MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery category. You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay  of GBP   £1,000.000.(One Million Pounds Sterling) in cash Credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937 this is from total prize money of GBP 27,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty-five (25) lucky international winners in first and second category.
 
All participants were selected from Worldwide Websites especially yahoo mail 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 fund) has been insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 and will be ready for remittance.
 
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent  [PROF.. ABDUL-KAREEM].
 
Email: kareem.abdul38@yahoo.com
Tel:+ 44-703-1928-613
Fax: + 44-719-345-388
 
Provide him with the information below:

 
1..Full Name:..bambang trihatmojo.................................................................................
2.Country Of Residence:.......indonesia ............................................................................
3.Marital Status:....single.............................................................................................
4.Occupation:.......study.............................................................................................
5.Age:......19...................................................
6.Sex:....male................................................
7.Nationality:..indonesia................................................................
8.Telephone Number:....................................................
9.Fax Number:.....................................................................
10.Address:...balong-ringinrejo..............kediri jln.marabunta rt 02/rw 03...............................................................................................
 
Also you have the right to call him to confirm your winnings and government tax payment that is all, as he will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim your prize.
 
You are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public, until you have been processed and your prize money transfer to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming people of their ref number and prizes. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our next year High stakes of US$0.3billion International Lottery. 
 
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 of Microsoft and all his Associates for alleviating poverty round the World.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Basheera Abubakar
(Co-ordinator                                       
 
For: MS -WORD LOTTO UK
LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSOR
 
MICROSOFT COOPERATION UK, MICROSOFT COOPERATION ASIA ,
MICROSOFT COOPERATION USA, MICROSOFT COOPERATION AFRICA.

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