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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • +447045711018 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "MSN Windows Live Awards Inc" <onlineawardcenter009@mchsi.com>
Reply-To: rev.mr.phillipedalakis@live.com
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:35:01 +0000
Subject: DETAILS REQUIRED FOR THE MSN 3RD QUARTER AWARDS 2008

MSN Window Live Awards Centre
Kernel House Killingbeck Drive Killingbeck Leeds LS14 6UF United Kingdom

You are advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

YOUR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WILL BE QUOTED TO YOU UPON RECEIVING THE BELOW BIO-DATA

PLEASE QUOTE IMMEDIATELY: 1. Full name, 2. Country, 3. Contact Address, 4. Sex, 5. Age, 6. Occupation, 7. Yahoomail/hotmail

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds (Great Britain GBP650,000) for the last quarter of 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by MICROSOFT WINDOWS LIVE AWARDS. Windows Live Centre collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few
from other e-mail providers. 6 people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected winners.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers. Microsoft Windows Live Prize Award must be claimed not later than 14 working days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and
returned to its source as unclaimed.

You are requested to contact our Award Cordinator in Leeds to get your winning identification numbers and further advice on claims proceedings

Name: Rev.Mr.Phillipe Dalakis
E-mail:rev.mr.phillipedalakis@live.com
Tel: +44 704 5711 018, Fax: +44 7005-921-454.

Congratulations!!! once again.

Yours in service,
Ellen Richardson
Notification Officer

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