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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "micro lottery international"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 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.
  • +27732963677 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • abellalesley@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lottery Winners <microlottery03winners@web.de>
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:34:23 +0100
Subject: *************draws winings notifications***************




*************draws winings notifications***************

MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL 1ST QUARTER DRAWS.
# 200 WATERKLOOF RIDGE
SANTON-JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.

FILE REFERENCE NO:MLINT/700025/50040
Stake Number: MLINT/655533/06-MS
Sec Code: MLINT//444302/06-MR
AWARD NOTIFICATION.
We wish to congratulate you over your success in our
computer balloting sweepstake held on 5th march,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 it. However, your
email address was attached to stake number
MLINT/655533/06-MS with sec code MLINT/CHL/444302/06-MR
which eventually won the lottery in
the first category of the draws. This entitles you to a
cash award of US$ 1, 500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS). This is from total
prize money of US$30,000,000.00 distributed to winners
from 1st to 3rd categories.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers provided below in every one of your
correspondences with your claims agent.
REFERENCE :MLINT/700025/50040
STAKE NUMBER: MLINT/655533/06-MS
SEC CODE: MLINT//444302/06-MR
Note that 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.
Also to begin your Claim, send to your claims agent the
following information by email:
1)YOUR STAKE NUMBER,SEC CODE NUMBERS,REFFERENCE NUMBERS AND AMOUNT WON
2)YOUR FULL NAME
3)YOUR ADDRESS
4)A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR ID (PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE)
5)CONTACT TELEPHONE, MOBILE PHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER
6)AGE AND OCCUPATION.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please, contact your claims
agent.


ABELLA LESLEY. (CLAIMS AGENT)
Email address:abellalesley@gmail.com
TEL: +27-732-963-677(or DIAL STRAIGHT AS WRITTEN 011-27-732-963-677)
Yours Faithfully,
For: MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL











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