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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million british pounds" (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.
  • +27835367449 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "lot lot" <govermentbritistsouthafricalot@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:01:34 +0000
Subject: FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS .

               

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY  PROMOTERS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLDWIDE.BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP BID ONLINE GAME.   

UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD 

REF: BTL/311OXI/02,BATCH: 14/211/0374,WINNER NO: 5 ,SECURITY CODE : MSW/NOV/XX06

     

            ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
               AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM
 

 

DEAR WINNER ,
 
MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 21th FEBRUARY 2007.
 
YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO   MS WORD. 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 LUMP SUMS OF £ 1,000,000  (ONE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: : BTL/311OXI/02 THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF  £25,000,000 BRITISH POUNDS STERLING (£25M POUNDS), SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.
 
ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES  THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000 NAMES, 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA,  UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA,

 

AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORD USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.  YOUR FUND HAS BEEN INSURED AND WILL BE READY FOR PAYMENT.

 

IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY ONE OF OUR CLAIM AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR ZONE (MR DOUGLAS ZUMA).YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL HIM TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.
 
AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE MSW/NOV/XX06 TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT.
 
PRIZE CLAIM CLAIMS AGENT OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL :   douglaszuma@douglaszuma.com  
 

 

CLAIMS AGENT
MR DOUGLAS ZUMA
 E-MAIL:      douglaszuma@douglaszuma.com

PHONE NUMBER:+27-83-536-7449             
FAX NUMBER  :+27-11-507-6740
 
REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL FUNDS NOT CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE THE FIXED DATE WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND DONATED TO CHARITY ORGANIZATION IN AFRICA.
 
NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE  BTL/311OXI/02 AND BATCH NUMBERS 14/211/0374  
AND YOUR SECURITY CODE OF MSW/NOV/XX06 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER.
CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR.

 

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATE OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD. 

 

TO PROCESS YOUR CLAIMS YOU ARE HEREBY ADVICE TO CONTACT THE CLAIM AGENT IMMEDIATLY WITH THIS INFORMATIONS:

 

 NAME:..........................................................................
ADDRESS:.....................................................................
NATIONALITY:...............................................................
SEX:..............................................................................
AGE:..............................................................................
PHONE/MOBILE:............................................................
FAX:...............................................................................
OCCUPATION:.................................................................
COMPANY:......................................................................
REFERENCE NUMBER:......................................................

BATCH  NUMNBER:..........................................................................

WINNER  NUMNBER:......................................................

YOUR SECURITY CODE :......................................................................

 

NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS WHERE YOU WANT TO RECEIVE YOUR WINNING: SUCH AS:

BANK NAME AND ADDRESS, ACCOUNT NUMBER, SWIFT CODE.

 

 

SINCERELY,

Mrs. FUNKE BALOGUN                                     Mrs. Caro Smith

(Co-coordinator).                                                  (Secretary)
 
                                        
 LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK,             MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA,           MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.
 
 A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE 2010 SOCCER WORLD 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 CONGRATULATIONS               © 2007 Microsoft Policy

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