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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "micro lottery international"
• 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.
  • contactpaymentdepart_scottmorgan@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Office Note" <office_note01@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 13:04:04 +0000
Subject: MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL - PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM

MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL - PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM
ADDRESS: DAALWIJK 813, 1102 AA,
LONDON.

REF: MLI/PP2005-001
BATCH: 5300/P25/FC

ATTENTION:

RE AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: MLI This is to announce today, 30TH OCTOBER 2005 result of winners of our yearly  SCIENTIFIC LOTTERY GAME ROMOTION .

Your email address attached to ticket number 05-765204AC; with serial number 00349 draw the lucky numbers TOO123SIE, and consequently won the lottery in  category A. You are therefore entitled to a cash award US$2,000,000 (TWO MILLION USD), file REF NO. MLI/PP2005-001. This is from total prize money of  US$22, 000,000.00 shared among the international winners in our category  A-C.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 15,000 company email addresses and 35,000,000 individual email addresses from across the Globe as part of International Promotional Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now in custody of a Financial Security company insured in your FILE REFFERENCE. Due to the mix up of some email addresses, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice  until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.  This lottery program was organized by our group of philanthropist promoted  and sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, emminent personalities like the sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice and  other corporate Organisations.This  lottery program was organized to improving the use of computer software's and for the benefit of every Microsoft user. Please send your fax number, phone number and contact addresses .To begin your claim, please contact your file processing officer:

MR SCOTT MORGAN, OF MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
(contactpaymentdepart_scottmorgan@yahoo.co.uk)

Phone no:44-7031844123

Thank you.

NELSON JOHNSON
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Sir,

 

Thanks for your mail.

 

Your application for claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed and settlements be made upon certification and verifications of your details.Be informed that we have in our possession,instruments of payments for the sum of US$2,000,000.00 to you.Hence carefully fill in the appropriate information in the spaces provided below tofacilitate our immediate processing of your claims.Your fund have since been deposited with Natwest Bank Plc. Upon receiving of requested information below,your claims file will be send to Natwest Bank Plc for settlement.

 

THIS FORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATE FUNDS FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.

 

TITLE:.................................................................................

FIRST NAME:......................................................................

LAST NAME:.......................................................................

REFERENCE NUMBER:........................................................

BATCH NUMBER:...............................................................

CONTACT ADDRESS:.........................................................

EMAIL ADDRESS:...............................................................

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:.............................................

TEL NO:.....................................FAX:..................................


NEXT OF KIN:....................................................................

ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:..............................................

NAME OF EMPLOYER:.......................................................

ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER:.................................................

TICKET NO/AMOUNT WON:...............................................

OCCUPATION:...................................................................

MARITAL STATUS:............................................................

DECLARATION:

I......................................................................HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE INFORMATION ARE TRUE AND BINDING ON ME. IF AT ANY TIME IT IS DISCOVERED THAT I HAVE GIVEN ANY FALSE INFORMATION,I WILL FORFEIT MY RIGHTS TO MY
WINNINGS.

FULL NAME:.........................................................

SIGN:.................................................................... DATE:...................................................................

Accept our congratulations.

Yours sincerely,

Mr.Scott Morgan

NB: WE HOPE YOUR WINNINGS WILL BE USED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MANKIND,AND WILL CHANGE THE LIFES OF SO MANY PEOPLE FOR GOOD.NEVER THINK OF WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO FOR YOU BUT THINK OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO UPLIFT THE LIFES OF PEOPLE,THAT WAY THERE WILL BE MORE OPEN DOORS
AND BLESSING FROM GOD FOR YOU.

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