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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.
  • mogan_tazz@consultant.com

Fraud email example:

From: "brawn kaam" <macro_lottery_winning@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:59:15 +0000
Subject: 2006 WINNING NOTIFICATION

    

MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

13/1/2006

VIJZELSTRAAT 56, 1017 HD,

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS.

FILE REFERENCE NO: PP2005-001-MLI

BATCH: 1505/004NL

TO LUCKY WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM.

CONGRATULATIONS!

We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting

sweep stake held on 13/1/2006

This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses

were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging Internet users;

therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for this draws.

Your email address was attached to ticket number 10CBG3471913; with

serial number 19034 draw the lucky numbers 1-9-74-31, which eventually won the

lottery in the first category of the draws. This entitled to a cash

price award of $ 900,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND  UNITED STATE DOLLARS).

This is from a total prize money of US$10,000,000.00 distributed to winners

from 1st to 3rd and consolation awards categories.

This program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of

philanthropist, industrialists from the Internet ware industry and some

other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

To  claim your won cash price, please contact the claims coordinator

MR. brawn kaam ,

Email address:mogan_tazz@consultant.com

NOTIFICATION OFFICER,

MR. mogan

For: Micro Lottery Int'l

NOTE;ONLY REPLY TO YOUR CLAIMS COORDINATOR,

        TO CLAIM YOUR CASH PRIZE

     DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL BOX.

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