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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us 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)
• 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031918821 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Patricia Baker" <mswlottery_promotion@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:08:33 +0000
Subject: !!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!TO!!! !!YOU!!!!!!

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY,UK
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

DIRECTOR:GABRIEL ANDERSON

TEL#:- +44- 702-401-6389

REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01 

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

 We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 15th DECEMBER 2005.

 Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to winning number 20-12DEC-2004-02MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery category.

 You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP5,500,000.00 POUNDS in cash which is approximately $10.4 MILLION US DOLLARS credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937. This is from total prize money of GBP 27,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty (5)international winners in this category.

 All participants were selected through our microsoft computer ballot system drawn form 21,000 names,3,000 names from each continent, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, which is conducted annually for our prominent MS WORD user all over the world, and for the continues use of E-mail. We are sorry to let you know that our site is still under construction, as we are updating our site.

 Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account and insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 and your E-mail address, Please note that, you are to contact us via email and not phone as we are promoting the use of E-mail, any communications with this office should be by mail, You have the right to call the bank, as we will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim your prize. You are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public, until you have been processed and your money remitted to your account.

 This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming people of their ref number and prizes. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

 To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email for processing and remittance of your prize money to you. The claims officer contact email is:

CLAIMS OFFICER :MR. ANTHONY K. ROWLAND

E-mail: anthony_krowland@uk2.net

TELEPHONE# : +44 -703-191-8821

WINNERS must claim their winning PRIZE on or before 23RD of FEB, 2006. All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date will be penalised accordingly.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your  reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. Do not reply any  other mails like this on net as they are alot of scam artist out there pretending to be us. You may see mails like this do not reply. Do contact your claims officer MR. ANTHONY K. ROWLAND at once by email OR call MR. Gabriel Anderson the director of winnings. You will be asked to provide some details to enable us proceed file keeping.

Congratulations!!  Oncemore.

Yours Faithfully,
MS.PATRICIA BAKER

LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR

NOTE: YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO KEEP ALL YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL TILL CLAIM IS MADE TO AVOID WRONG CLAIMING.ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENCIAL DISQULIFIES YOU FROM GETTING YOUR PRIZE.    

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately.

SPONSORS:-
CHIEF SPONSOR;
MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS UK;MICROSOFT CO OPERATIONS ASIA; MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS USA ;AMTRAK COURIER EXPRESS;GLOBAL COURIER EXPRESS.

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