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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.
  • +447024063776 (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.
  • claimsofficerbillywoods@yahoo.com
  • yahoo.com@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: MICRO SOFT WORD MEGA PROMO <claimsofficerwilliamsscot@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:56:44 -0500
Subject: ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD (CONTACT YOUR CLAIMSOFFICER)


ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD (contact your claimsofficer)






INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT
LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.
89 New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 1AG U.K
MR. TINZO PAOLO
PHONE #:+447024063776
REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
BATCH: 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 16th july 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 POUN DS ($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. The claims processor
is:

Name: Mr Billy Woods.
E-mail:claimsofficerbillywoods@yahoo.com@yahoo.co.uk
Do email the above email a ddresses, 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.
!&nbs! p;
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQU IR ED TO
CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:


1. Full Name: ...........................
2. Address: ................................
3. Nationality: ......................................................
4. Age: ........................Date of Birth: ......
5. Occupation: ....................................................
6. Phone: ............Fax: ..................................
7. State of Origin: ...Country: .................
8: DELIVERY OPTIONS

Upon reciept of the duly requested data, I will 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): COME TO OUR OFFSHORE PAYMENT CENTER IN UK
(3): 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. TINZO PAOLO on
PHONE #:+447024063776 to confirm your winnings

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