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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 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.
  • +2348033318593 (Nigeria, 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.
  • markowills@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Microsoft Promotion" <fc_lot6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: markowills@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 05:38:41 -1000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU WON OUR MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT

                                   

MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT
LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.
89 New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 1AG U.K

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

WINNING NO: 23-76-06-54-42-100

SERIAL NO: 647489

 

 

                           WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, EMAIL AWARD PROMO

 

Dear Lucky winner,

Finally today, we announce the winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 8th, march, 2006. Your 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 Two Million Two Hundred and fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,250,000.00) 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 Fourty five Million Dollars ($45,000,000.00) , shared among the Twenty  (20) International winners in this category.  Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in Nigeria as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your ($2,250,000.00) Dollars) would be released to you by our payment Agent in Nigeria

ALL participants in this lottery program were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system from  list of over 200,000.00 companies and 300,000,000.00 individual email addresses and names from all over the world, E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy, this promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates Of Microsoft inc, Multi Choice,Maboro and other corperate organisations.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. For security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your winning informations confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned, to file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary/Processing Agent: 

MR. MARK WILLIAMS  through email: markowills@yahoo.com and call him on phone (Tel: 234-8033318593) immediately to acknowledge your mail.
 
Please be aware that the Payment Agent will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by our processing Agent, that would be designated to your file.Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30th July, 2006 After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note that in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications kindly remember to quote your reference information in all correspondences. To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact,The Payment  Agent with your full details

1. Full name and address:-------------------------

2. Country:------------------------------------------

3. Tel and fax number:---------------------------------

4.Occupation:-------------------------------------------

5. Your Age:------------------------------------------------

6. Nationality:--------------------------------------------------

7. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:

 

Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your claims agent. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained

 

Furthermore, should there be any change of address ,do inform our agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once more

 

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using International Lottery Organisation addresses, but are not from The International Lottery Organisation.

  

PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY 

 

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
Sharon Luwis

 

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