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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:

• 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.
  • +447031915205 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447005980586 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: <msword_lottery@dcs.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:39:48 +0200
Subject: !!! CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON !!!

MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM. LONDON.
BANK OF ENGLAND/MICROSOFT HOUSE, LONDON
89 New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 1AG U.K
Director: MR. Andrew Gregry III
FAX #:(00944) 700 598 0586

MS-WORD CLAIMSDEPARTMENT
CLAIMS OFFICER
Name: Mr. Teddy Roland
E-mail: teddy_roland@msn.com


REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
CHIPS NO: 4583JL/WIN

MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, EMAIL AWARD PROMO: UNITED
KINGDOM

Finally today, we announce the winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT
LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 15th, March 2006. Your company or your
personal e-mail address, attached to winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100,
with serial number 647489, consequently won in the Tenth lottery category.




You are therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of GBP 5,500,000.00
POUNDS ($10,464,000 USD) in cash Credited to file REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100, this is from total prize money of
GBP 27,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty five (25)international
winners in this category.




All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot
system drawn form

42,000 Names, 6,000 names from each continent, as part of International
"E-MAIL" Promotions Program, for our prominent MS WORD user all over the
world, and for the Continuous use of E-mail.


Your fund (certified Cashiers cheque) has been insured with your REF
NO:MSW/56B-672GH/L

and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. To claim your winning prize, you
must first contact the

claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize
money to you.

claims processor is:



Name: Mr. Teddy Roland
E-mail: teddy_roland@msn.com


Do email the above email addresses, all at once. In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications,

please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all
correspondences with your claims officer.



PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED
TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:



1. Full Name:
2. Address: 3.Nationality:
4. Age: Date of Birth:
5. Occupation:
6. Phone: Phone 2: Fax:
7. State of Origin: Country:
8: Ref: Chips no:
9: DELIVERY OPTIONS

Upon reciept of the duly requested data, I'll send you the contact
information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the
release of your claim in anyway you deem fit, submit back immediately



DELIVERY OPTIONS:

(1) A: BANK SWIFT WIRE TRANSFER

(2): BY OUR COURIER FIRM,

Sincerely,
Secretary
Mrs. Maurrine Diane H.

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer
immediately by email. Or call the promotion director MR. Andrew Gregry

III on PHONE #:+44 7031915205, +44 7031844897 to confirm your winnings.


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