419 scam: "MICROWORD CORPORATIONS" <claimunit3@hotmail.es> OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATIONP 2011FICElored toPŒë¸"

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "clientservicio8@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 CORPORATIONS" <claimunit3@hotmail.es>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:46:15 +0100 (CET)
Subject: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

MICROWORD CORPORATIONS:
CUSTOMER SERVICE, MADRID SPAIN
REFERENCE NUMBER: JJN-RX/E-3929
BATCH NUMBER: 2010/330/MCV
LINK :[http://www.microword.com/]
OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.
We are pleased to inform you of the released results of the
Sweepstakes Promotion organized by Microword Corporations,in conjunction with
the foundation for the promotion of software products,held on 14th August,2010, in Madrid,Spain.
Your email address emerged as one of the online winning emails, in the 3rd category and therefore attracted a cash
award of 750,000.00(Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros Only) and a Toshiba laptop.
To begin your claim,contact our Foreign Transfer Manager via email or by telephone below.
David Martins
Tel/ 0034 698 320 003
Email:clientservicio8@ozu.es

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the Foreign
transfer manager to facilitate them and process the COURIER of your prize.
1. Full name..............
2. Sex..............
3. Country................
4. State.............
5. Contact Address........
6. Telephone Number.......
7. Marital Status.........
8. Occupation.............
9. Age....................
10.Zip Code.............
11.Winning email address........
12.Amount Won ...............

This Email Lottery is sponsored by Microword Corporations and all the members of MSFT Word Resource Consortium Software
Promotion Companies including Intel Group, Toshiba and Dell Computers.
This internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.
Congratulations!!
Sincerely,
Anna
Miguel
Promotions
Manager
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