419 scam: Micro Soft Lottery <director@overseasmig.com> WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "director@overseasmig.com" (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: Micro Soft Lottery <director@overseasmig.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:30:31 +0100 (CET)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International
programs held on the 13th of Janurary 2012. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number 55487665897-0974 with serial number 547-985847 drew lucky numbers
5-34-45-56-64-34 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$ 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information very confidential till your claims has been processed and your
prize/money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over
200,000,000 company and 300,000,000 individual email addresses and names
from all over the world.
This promotional program takes place annually. We hope with part of your winning
you will take part in our next year USD100 million international lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our/your fiducial agent

MR Xavier Alphonse,
Oversea Migrations
(Claims negotiator, cliams assessor,claims inspector,claims underwiter,
claims adjuster)
TEL/ +919562467305
Email: director@overseasmig.com

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 13th March 2012. After this
date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your
reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should
there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part
of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

Sincerely Yours,

Vijitha
Lottery Coordinator.

Alternative Email of the agency
vijitha@oversesmig.com

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