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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +34627864515 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • mfinancemanage@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • financemanage@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: AGELA VAN VAN <serinion@web.de>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:14:02 +0200
Subject: YOUR URGENT CONSENT IS NEEDED!!!


YOUR URGENT CONSENT IS NEEDED!!!








FROM THE DESK OF THE
COORDINATOR [MICROSOFT GLOBAL EMAIL LOTTERY]
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT (SP).
FILE REF:HL/5564/40/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU




<http://www.sedc.org.sa/sedc_new/e/exports.asp> OFFICIAL WINNING
NOTIFICATION:



DEAR WINNER:

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but
please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your
success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft,in conjunction with
the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.), held on
the 3rd of April 2007,in Bilbao,Spain.

wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online
winning email in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award
of 800,000.00Euros(Eight hundred thousand Euros only).

Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning
prizes accordingly in each category.They are arranged
in this format below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 6 1,350,000:00 Euros each
2nd. 14 800,000:00 Euros each
3rd. 22 470,000:00 Euros each
4th. 36 170,000:00 Euros each


We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to
contact the processing office immediately upon
receipt of this message for more information concerning the
verification, processing and eventual payment of the
above prize to you.

It is important to note that your award information was released with
the following particulars attached to it.
(1) Award numbers: NL 56/7765
(2) Email ticket numbers: NL553/26/96
(3) Batch numbers: MC11/834/5PDH /EU
(4) The file reference numbers: HL/5564/40/07/MICS

For verification purpose be sure to include:
(1) Your mailing address.
(2) Your telephone numbers.
(3) Your country.

To file for your claim,Please contact your Validating Officer for
VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this
winning notification.Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine
working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You
are required to mention the above particulars
of your award in every correspondence to enable him validate your
winning.

Be informed that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon
satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by the
processing department.


CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
Name MR. BOLTON ALEX
MICROSOFT PROCESSING DEPARTMENT(SP).
Tel:+34-627-864-515
E-mail: m <mailto:mfinancemanage@aim.com> financemanage@aim.com
********************************************************************

The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our
CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates: <http://www.templetons.com/brad/billmap.gif>
http://www.templetons.com/brad/billmap.gif and a consortium of software
promotion companies.The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other
international companies.The Microsoft Internet E-mail draw is held
periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and
promote computer literacy worldwide.


Once again on behalf of all our staff,


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yours faithfully,
Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga (1918-65)
<http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/tonga2.JPG>
Angelina Van Ken (Mrs)
MICROSOFT E-MAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION COORDINATOR.


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Copyright © 1994-2007 The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards
Promotion Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline.





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