419 scam: "Microword.com Corporation: Official Winnings Notifications"<microword.com005@iespana.es> [©U§£«H] Your email address has won in the microword.com internet promotions!!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "promotion_dept.microword.com@ozu.es" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Microword.com Corporation: Official Winnings Notifications" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <microword.com05@ozu.es>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:20:02 +0100
Subject: [©U§£«H] Your email address has won in the microword.com internet promotions!!!

MICROWORD.COM CORPORATIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICE: TARRAGONA ESPANA.
ADDRESS: C/ L'ESTANY, PARC. 2, 43006 TARRAGONA - SPAIN.
MICROWORD.COM RESOURCE ADVERTISING LINK: http://www.microword.com/

Date: 01/11/2009.

MICROWORD.COM. NOVEMBER 2009 OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.
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We write to inform you that your email address has won, in the microword.com internet promotions. Your email address was selected randomly from the microword.com automatic computer generated machine, and your email address emerges as one of the online winners. This attracts a prize of three hundred thousand Euros only (300,000.00 Euros) and an Apple 13.3" Mac Book Pro Notebook Computer laptop.

*Your won cheque of three hundred thousand Euros (300,000.00Euro) and Apple 13.3" Mac Book Pro Notebook Computer laptop will be presented to you on arrival to our office in Tarragona, within the period of 30 days, after you completely fill the claims form.

*If you are unable to come to our office in Tarragona- Spain to claim your won prize, your won prize will be presented to you by courier delivery via our contracted courier company. Take note: Microword.com is not responsible for the delivery changes to your location. You will pay for the cost of delivery yourself. Please do not respond to this option, if you know, you will not pay for the courier service delivery.
Please note: The draft certified cheque and all documents are packaged to be delivered under one way bill by the contracted courier company and are categorized as high priority & express delivery under applicable laws and regulations. This shipment cannot be delivered to P.O. boxes or postal codes but only to you the receiver at your given address.

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For more information’s, on how to claim your prize, do contact our promotions department via the email below or via telephones, and quote this reference number: MSFT/ 2009/VVNXKQ/ NOV 1-29/ TXCHJQ, as you contact our promotion department. This reference number is the security key to your winnings, we advice you keep the reference number to yourself.

Microword.com promotion department.
Tel: 0034- 659 347 846
Tel: 0034- 672 847 447
Email: promotion_dept.microword.com@ozu.es

This promotion is organized by microword.com to advertise and to promote our website, http://www.microword.com/ , which is based on all kind internet companies, all kind of computer hardware and software product. This promotion is as well organized to encourage the use of the Internet user and to promote computer literacy worldwide.

Congratulations to you lucky winner!

Sincerely,

Mr. Golf . P Ivan.

CEO. MSFT Word Resource Tarragona.

Copyright © 1994-2009 Microword.Com All rights reserved.
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NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: THIS E-MAIL IS MEANT FOR ONLY THE INTENDED RECIPIENT
OF THE TRANSMISSION, AND MAY BE A COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGED BY LAW. IF YOU
RECEIVED THIS E- MAIL IN ERROR, ANY REVIEW, USE, DISSEMINATION,
DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING OF THIS E-MAIL IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
PLEASE NOTIFY MICROWORD.COM IMMEDIATELY OF THE ERROR BY RETURN E-MAIL
AND PLEASE DELETE THIS MESSAGE FROM YOUR SYSTEM. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

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