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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:
  • "microsoft lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +447024071272 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447092874060 (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.
  • microsoft_award_winning2006@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • microsoftlottery_2006@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?micro=20soft?= <microsoft_award_winning2006@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:34:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!DEAR WINNER


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: microsoft_award_winning2006@yahoo.com.sg












OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS

NEW YEAR PROMOTION 2006

20 Howard Barking London, 7UA11G

UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer's Service Center)

Promoter: Microsoft®


EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION


Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN

Batch: 12/25/0034


WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Mr/Mrs/Sir/Madam:

This is to inform you that your email address has won the Microsoft E-mail lottery which was held last week. your email with serial number 5388/02 and ticket number564 75600545 188 hit the jackpot .



All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £, 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds, ) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/SHYN. This is from a total cash prize of £1,500,000 pounds shared among the first{ 3 } lucky winners in this category

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in what ever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this Microsoft program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our claims Agent:

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Mr.Micheal Adams,

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,

Maximum Security Trust & Ace Finance Int'

TEL:+447024071272

FAX: +447092874060

Email:microsoftlottery_2006@yahoo.co.uk

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

You are required to contact the office with the following:

1, Full Names

2, Winning E-mail Address

3, Reference Number

4, Batch Number

5, Occupation

6, Cell phone number

7, Home phone number

8, Country Home Address

=============================================

NOTE:You are advise to send any of the following Identities to your claims agent via e-mail attachment or with the fax provided below:

1.Your international passport,

2.Drivers license OR

3.National ID Card

For proper verification and to know if we are dealing with the right person.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY.Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch number in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations from Microsoft lottery organisation!!!


Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Terrisa Cole

Lottery Coordinator.



(1990-2006)

Material Copyright © 2006 The National Lottery Co. Ltd





- micro soft

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