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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:
  • "keep this confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• 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 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.
  • email_williambutler@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MICROSOFT WORD MANAGEMENT <email_williambutler@yahoo.dk>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:29:05 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM


MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY UK
CLAIMS/ VERIFICATIONS DEPARTMENT

DEAR ESTEEMED WINNER,

CONGRATULATIONS!Thanks for your e-mail. You are a lucky person to have won this lottery.

For more clarity, MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY programes was held earlier this year, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:20-12DEC-2005-02MSW with Serial Number:S/N-00168 drew the Lucky Numbers:887-13-865-37-10-83. and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £500,000.00 GBP (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937. All participants 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 continuous use of E-mail.

To claim your winning prize, You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate to enable the release of your winnings.

ARE TO FILL AND SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING:

*FULL NAMES*
*NATIONALITY*
*AGE*
*DATE OF BIRTH*
*SEX*
*MARITAL STATUS*
*CONTACT ADDRESS*
*TELEPHONE NUMBER*
*OCCUPATION*
*WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS*
*REF/ BATCH NUMBERS*
*TOTAL AMOUNT WON*

Upon receipt of the duly requested data,I will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit, submit back immediately.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences met. 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. PLEASE KEEP THIS CONFIDENTIAL.



Once again, congratulations.


Mr. William Butler
Email:email_williambutler@yahoo.dk
For Ms Word Lottery UK.


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