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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:
  • ",000,000" (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.
  • +447014223728 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: MSN PROMO CENTER <msn_noticej28@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:35:45 +0000
Subject: YOUR ARE AMONG OUR 2007 PROMOTIONAL WINNERS.








WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPT
MSN-AWARD LOTTERY PROGRAMM
United Kindom ,61-70Southampton RowBloomsbury London WINNER NO 4
United Kingdom WC 1B 4AR. 10th 0f July 2007 Ref: MS-475061723 Batch: 744RT/MSN/UK
We the MSN MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you today been the 10th of July 2007. that you are among one of the lucky winners of our annual MSN/MICROSOFT PROMOTION AWARD PROGRAMM conducted in UNITED KINGDOM on the 10th of July 2007. Your E-mail address is attached to WINNER NO4, with serial number:7741137002 and drew the lucky numbers :6-9-11-33-36-49-29 , Batch No: 744RT/MSN/UK which consequently won in the 3rd lottery category. You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay of £ 1,850,000.00 pounds ( One million eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash, Credited to file REF NO:MS_475061723 .

This is from the total prize money of 88,000,000.00 Pounds which is to be shared among the lucky international winners in categories C.
All participants in this program were selected randomly through our MSN/MICROSOFT Computer Ballot System, drawn from 85.000.000 internet users from all search engines.Your e-mail address was picked by the automated MSN/MICROSOFT Computer Ballot System, which has been programed for this random selection. This has eventually qualified you for the Winning.This promotional program takes place annually, and is promoted and sponsored by MSN/MICROSOFT Companies ,with the support of British/European corporate companies and organizations to encourage the use of Internet and computers worldwide .
In view of this, your prize 1,850,000.00 Pounds would be released to you by Our Prize Payment Officer (Mr. Mark Strachan). He will immediately commence the process ,to facilitate the release of your lucky won prize as soon as you contact him for the claim of your lucky prize. You are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public, until you have received your cash prize . This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming /hacking people of their ref number and prizes.
You are advised to contact our Prize Processing Officer by means of email or phone to the below contact info within the hour of reading this winning notification.


Mr. Mark StrachanOffice Of The Prize Payment AuthorityPrize Processing OfficerMSN-Award Lottery Promotion.Email: mstrach54@hotmail.comTel: +44 701 4223728
When you contact him for payment(Mark Strachan) furninsh him with the following details for the issue of your WINNING CERTIFICATE:

(1)Full Name(2) Country (3)Date Of Birth(4) Occupation (5) Home/Moblie Phone (5) Your International passport or driving licence identity to aviod impersonation.
Note that all prize money must be claimed not later than one month of notification . All funds not Claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned as Unclaimed Prize and donated to The Charity and please be aware that our Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,Verifications and validation provided by our prize processing office. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with our payment officer.
Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staffs ofMSN/MICROSOFT COMPANY to all our lucky winners of this year.
Robert MontaomeryChairman of board of directors

Dr.Tom Mohr
President

Dr.Mrs Hilary SchneiderLottery Co-ordinator

Mrs.Sue Clark-JohnsonFinancial Secretary
Mr.Mark StrachanPrize Processing Officer


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