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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.
• 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.
  • +447005993546 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448701332577 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • royalsunallianceuk@freeweb.org (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: megajackpotpromotions@freeweblotto.org
Date: 21 May 2006 22:25:29 -0000
Subject: MICROSOFT E-MAIL PROMOTION


FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS

MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE

AWARD DEPARTMENT MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT

LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.

89 New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 1AG U.K

PROMOTION DIRECTOR;

DR. MARK DELNADO

TEL: +44 700 599 3546

FAX: +44 870 133 2577

Ref No: BL3/200345/07GBI

Batch No: 35/203/FME.

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION. AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM



Finally today, we announce the winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 1ST, MAY 2006. Your company or your personal e-mail address, attached to winning number 38-51-23-74-02-757, 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: BL3/200345/07GBI and winning number 38-51-23-74-02-757, 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 Continues use of E-mail. Your fund has been insured with your Ref: BL3/200345/07GBI and winning number 38-51-23-74-02-757. 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 Officer:

Name: Norman Williams (Mr.)

Email: royalsunallianceuk@freeweb.org



This cash giveaway was designed by Microsoft to introduce to the United Kingdom visitors consumers, a special benefit designed to save you thousands of pounds on purchases ranging from everyday name brand groceries to travel and entertainment .Your email address was accessed from computer list database of British consumers who recently participated in a sweepstakes contest and/or made a recent purchase of a product through the internet or otherwise. Once your email was accessed, case file #50861119138 was assigned to you. And with it all right and privileges.



In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer.



Secretary,

Mrs. Chonney minchi.



NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately by email. Or call the promotion director DR. MARK DELNADO on PHONE #:+44 700 599 3546 to confirm your winnings.



SPONSORS: MS-WORD LOTTERY WORLD WIDE, GLOBAL EXPRESS COURIER, YAHOO.COM, MSN.COM, UK2.NET, NATWEST PRIVATE BANK.

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