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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • claims_kellywhite@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Microsoft Promotion <claims_kellywhite@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 12:15:44 +0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIION


--
Microsoft corporation
Department,
Canada cook road,mill up.
United Kingdom.

CONGRATULATIION

This is to inform you that your email has won a consulation prize in the
Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW held 2nd May, 2009. Your email has won you
(£500,000.00GBP) Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds),
Which took place at our head-office in LONDON,ENGLAND.
Further information please contact the officer in-charge, To claim your
prize, please contact your fiduciary agent Dr.Kelly White(MR) with your
Batch#:409978E and Ref#:BTD/9080648302/07 and contact him via email
immediately
within 24hrs with the following details below.
=============================================================
CERTIFICATE OF PRIZE CLAIM(Receipt Official Notification Letter).
==============================================================
1. Full Name...............
2. Country..................
3. Contact Address.......
4. Telephone Number....
5. Fax Number.............
6. Marital Status..........
7. Occupation.............
8. Age......................
9. Sex......................
10. Batch#:409978E
11.Ref#:BTD/9080648302/07


You advise to contact your fiduciary agent via email start claims
procedure with the information requested above.Also you are to
indicate \"X\" for the option you want your prize remitted to you.
(1) BY COURIER DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE: ... [.....]
(2) BANK PAYMENT TRANSFER ONLINE ACCOUNT TRANSFER........ [.....]

The indication will help in which type of delivery you preferred
in your country,which is also necessary to avoid loss or delay of
your winning funds.

CONTACT DETAIL:
MR KELLY WHITE
EMAIL:claims_kellywhite@hotmail.com
MICROSOFT CORPORATION CLAIMS DEPARTMENT



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