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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:
  • "20 craven park, harlesden" (address often used in lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447031913779 (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.
  • remittunit@hotmail.com
  • remittanceagentssa@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "microsolftaward department" <micro11020@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: remittanceagentsa@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 16:03:05 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!!! Your Email address is qualified/selected.

FROM:LINDA ROSE MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM 20 CRAVEN PARK, HARLESDEN, TELEPHONE:+44-703-1913-779, LONDON,NW10,ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM.                            CONGRATULATIONS!  CONGRATULATIONS!!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!   ATTENTION:DEAR WINNER,   WE HAPPILY ANNOUNCE TO YOU THE DRAW OF THE MICRSOFT AND AMERICA ONLINE [AOL] SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM HELD  THIS MONTH MARKING THE YEAR 2007 ANNIVERSARY .WE ROLLED OUT OVER US$ 400,419,864 FOR OUR END OF YEAR ANNIVERSARY DRAWS. PARTICIPANTS FOR THE DRAWS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED  AND DRAWN FROM A WIDE RANGE OF WEB HOSTS WHICH WE ENJOY THEIR PATRONAGE.   THE SELECTION WAS MADE THROUGH A COMPUTER DRAW SYSTEM ATTACHING PERSONALISED EMAIL ADDRESSES TO TICKET NUMBERS. IF YOU IGNORE THIS, YOU WILL REGRET IT LATER. MICROSOFT AND AOL ARE NOW THE LARGEST INTERNET COMPANIES AND IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT INTERNET EXPLORER REMAINS THE MOST WIDELY USED PROGRAM, MICROSOFT AND AOL ARE RUNNING AN E-MAIL DATA TEST.   YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AS INDICATED WAS DRAWN AND ATTACHED TO REFERENCE AND TICKET NUMBER 008795727498 WITH SERIAL NUMBERS BTD/9080648302/07,REF: BTD/968/05,BATCH: 409978E AND DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 14/21/25/39/40/47 BONUS BALL:20 WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY WON YOU £1,350,000.00 (ONE MILLIONTHREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS)  AS ONE OF THE 5 JACKPOT WINNERS IN THIS DRAW. YOU HAVE THEREFORE WON THE ENTIRE WINNING SUM OF £1,350,000.00 (ONE MILLIONTHREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS) IN THE SECOND CATEGORY,AND THEREFORE FALLS WITHIN OUR AFRICAN BOOKLET REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN AFRICA [SOUTH AFRICA]THE DRAWS REGISTERED AS DRAW NUMBER ONE WAS CONDUCTED IN BROCKLEY,LONDON,ENGLAND,UNITED KINGDOM THREE DAYS AGO.THESE DRAWS ARE COMMEMORATIVE AND AS SUCH SPECIAL.                    PLEASE BE INFORMED BY THIS WINNING NOTIFICATION,TO FILE YOUR CLAIMS,YOU ARE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH YOUR DESIGNATED AGENT WHO SHALL BY DUTY GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS TO FACILITATE THE RELEASE OF YOUR PRIZE.TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AFRICAN FUDICIARY AGENT IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW:   DAVID JAMES, JAMES & ASSOCIATES.  SOLICITORS, CONVEYANCERS & NOTARY PUBLIC EMAIL: remittunit@hotmail.com            remittanceagentssa@yahoo.com                         4TH FLOOR, ELEPHANT HOUSE 107 MARKET STREET CNR VON WILLIEGH JOHANNESBURG 2001, TEL: + 27- 73-154-8823 POST ADDRESS P.O.BOX 61618 MARSHALLTOWN,2107 JOHANNESBURG,REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.   OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATES AND HIS ASSOCIATES.WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AS YOU SPEND YOUR GOOD FORTUNE IN THIS SEASON.   NOTE: PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT ALL WINNING MUST BE CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTIFICATION OR YOU MAY FOREFEIT YOUR WINNING. TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE/BATCH NUMBERS IN ANY CORRESPONDENCES WITH OUR DESIGNATED AGENTS OR US.IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPONSORING BODIES,YOU ARE TO MAKE A REMITTANCE OF A PART OF YOUR WON FUND,NOT LOWER THAN 10-PERCENT, AFTER RECEIVING YOUR ALLOCATION TO A CHARITY ORGANISATION.THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR COMMEMORATIVE END OF YEAR ANNIVERSARY DRAWS.   SINCERELY YOURS,   MRS. LINDA ROSE.  MICROSOFT PROMOTION TEAM VICE PRESIDENT

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