419 scam: "Microsoft Online Award" <athenesloto2013@gmail.com> SELAMAT ANDA TELAH MEMENANGKAN / COGRATULATIONS YOU WON

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- athenesmicrosoftloto@yahoo.gr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Microsoft Online Award" <athenesloto2013@gmail.com>
Reply-To: athenesmicrosoftloto@yahoo.gr
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 21:19:37 +0100 (CET)
Subject: SELAMAT ANDA TELAH MEMENANGKAN / COGRATULATIONS YOU WON

Microsoft Online Award
S.A. 221 Kifisias Ave. 151 24,
Athens GREECE

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of One million Euros
(€ 1,000, 000, 00.) for the month of November 2013 Prize Promotion, which
is organized by Microsoft Online Award.

Microsoft Online Award 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. Ten people are selected yearly to
benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

OUR SPONSORS

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Microsoft Online Award must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of
Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:
WINNING NUMBER: W77450T
REFERENCE NUMBER: 20093490087689
WINNING INSURANCE POLICY: JXCVUK5487689
REGISTRATION NUMBER: IHZA 349008721BB

Listed below are our payment modalities and options.
(1) TRAVELLING DOWN HERE TO GREECE FOR COLLECTION OF YOUR PRIZE
(2) ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER

These numbers fall within the United Kingdom file, you are requested to
contact Cornerstone Financial Managements Claims Agent, our Fiduciary
agent in London United Kingdom and send your winning identification
numbers to any one of this agent below for payment, below is the contact
of the Claims agents:

GREECE CLAIM AGENT
Contact Person: Dr. John W. Thompson.
E-mail: athenesmicrosoftloto@yahoo.gr

You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to
facilitate the release of your fund to you.
1. Full Names:................................
2. Address:........................................
3. Nationality:....................................
4. Country:…………………………………...
5. Marital Status:...............................
6. Mobile Phone:................................
7. Phone:...........................................
8. Age:………………………………………...
9. Sex:…………………………………………
10. Occupation:……………………….……
11. Winners E-mail:………………………
E, TOTAL AMOUNT: € 1,000, 000, 00

Winning Number:..............................
Reference No:...................................
Winning Insurance policy:................
Registration No:…………………………..

Congratulations!! Once again.

WARNING!

Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully
handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double
claim.

You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other
Organizations or Microsoft Inc. This is solely to collect your personal
information from you and lay claim over your winning. In Event that you
receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to
you, kindly Delete it from your mail box and give no further
correspondence to such person or body.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO. KINDLY
CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS

Microsoft Inc shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising
from the above mention.

Sincerely,
John W. Thompson
Microsoft Promotion Award Team

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