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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us dollars" (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)
• 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.
  • +447011139045 (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.
  • wesley_morrison101@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: Microsoft Lottery <microsoftlottery2006@microsoft.com>
Date: 1 Nov 2006 02:18:51 -0600
Subject: !!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!! YOU ARE OUR PRIZE WINNER. !!!!!!.....

Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit



FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFTWORD LOTTERY,UK
61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury,
LONDON, United Kingdom, WC1B 4AR
DIRECTOR:MR. KENT ANDERSON.




REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 13th July, 2006.

Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to winning
number 20-12DEC-2004-02MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky
numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery
category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP5,500,000.00
POUNDS in cash which is approximately $10.4 MILLION US DOLLARS credited to
file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937. This is from total prize money of GBP 27,500,000.00
POUNDS, shared among the Twenty (5 international winners in this category.

Allparticipants were selected through our microsoft computer ballot
system drawn form 21,000 names,3,000 names from each continent, as part of
International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, which is conducted annually
for our prominent MS WORD user all over the world, and for the continues use
of E-mail. We are sorry to let you know that our site is still
under construction, as we are updating our site.

Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account and insured with your
REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 and your E-mail address, Please note that, you
are to contact us via email and not phone as we are promoting the use
of E-mail, any communications with this office should be by mail, You
have the right to call the bank, as we will provide you with the necessary
details on how to claim your prize. You are to keep your ref. number and batch
number from the public, until you have been processed and your money remitted to youraccount.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the
act of scamming people of their ref number and prizes. We hope with a
part of your prize, you will participate in our year high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.

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 officer contact email is:

CLAIMS OFFICER :MR. WESLEY MORRISON

E-m@il: wesley_morrison101@myway.com


Tell: +44 -701-113-9045.


** WINNERS must claim their winning prize before the 23RD of November,
2006. All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date will be penalised
accordingly.

THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUND, FOR
VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.

BENEFICIARY FIRST NAME-------------
BENEFICIARY LAST NAME--------------
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS----------------
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH------------
TEL. NUMBER------------------------
FAX NUMBER-------------------------
EMAIL ADDRESS----------------------
NEXT OF KIN NAME AND ADDRESS-------
AMOUNT WON-------------------------
BATCH NUMBER-----------------------
REFERENCE Nº------------------
OCCUPATION-------------------------
MARITAL STATUS---------------------



NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with
your claims officer. Do not reply any other mails like this on net as they are
alot of scam artist out there pretending to be us. You may see mails like this do
not reply. Do contactyour claims officer :MR.WESLEY MORRISON at once by email.
You will be asked to provide some details to enable us proceed file keeping.

Congratulations!! Oncemore.

Yours Faithfully,
MRS. PATRICIA LAWRENCE.
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR/ANNOUNCER.

NOTE: YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO KEEP ALL YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL
TILL CLAIM IS MADE TO AVOID WRONG CLAIMING.ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENCIAL
DISQULIFIES YOU FROM GETTING YOUR PRIZE.


NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer
immediately.

SPONSORS:-
CHIEF SPONSOR;
MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS UK;MICROSOFT CO OPERATIONS ASIA; MICROSOFT
CO-OPERATIONS USA ;AMTRAK COURIER EXPRESS;GLOBAL COURIER EXPRESS.

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