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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:
  • ",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.
  • +447045711547 (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.
  • tlandonmsn@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dr_mrshilary schneider <dr_mrshilaryschneider2001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr_timottylandon@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:32:31 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION ! ! ! YOU HAVE WON MSN-ANNUAL AWARD PROMOTION













BONUS
WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPT
MSN-ANNUAL AWARD PROMOTION
United Kindom ,61-70
Southampton Row
Bloomsbury London
United Kingdom WC 1B 4AR.
31thOf July, 2007
Ref: MS-475061723 Batch: 744RT/MSN/UK

We the MSN MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to announce to the beneficiary of this email address today been the 31th of July 2007, that you emerged a winner of our MSN-ANNUAL AWARD PROMOTION conducted in UNITED KINGDOM on the 31th of july 2007 .

This was based on electronic e-mail balloting system. In this system of e-mail balloting,we have computerised lucky numbers, and if any e-mail address happens to fall among the computerised lucky numbers,the e-mail user is a winner of £500,000.00.

Your e-mail ID had been attached to WINNER NO 4, with serial number:7741137002 ,drew the lucky numbers :6-9-11-33-36-49-29 , Batch No: 744RT/MSN/UK which consequently won in the 3rd draw category. You have therefore been approved for lump sums pay of £500,000.00 ( Five hundred thounsand pounds) in cash ,Credited to file REF NO:MS_475061723 .


This is from the total prize money of £20,000,000.00 which is to be shared among the forty award winners in 3rd categories .
All participants in this Award promotion were selected randomly through our MSN Computer Ballot System, drawn from 85.000.000 email addresses from all WEB SITES.Your e-mail address was picked by the automated MSN 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 Company ,eminent personalities of hotmail and msn users,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 of £500,000.00 would be released to you by Our Prize Processing Manager (DR.TIMOTHY LANDON). He will immediately commence the process ,to facilitate the release of your lucky won prize as soon as you contact him for the payment 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. We hope you will emerge a winner in our next year MSN ANNUAL AWARD PROMOTION high stake prize of £1,000.000.00 .

You are advised to contact our Prize Processing Manager by means of email, fax or phone with the below contact info within the hour of reading this winning notification.


DR.TIMOTHY LANDON
Prize Processing Manager
MSN-Annual Award Promotion.
Email: tlandonmsn@hotmail.com
Tel: +447045711547
FAX: +447024038433

When you contact him for payment(Timothy Landon) furninsh him with the following details for the issue of your WINNING CERTIFICATE/PAYMENT

(1)Full Name(2) Nationality (3)Date Of Birth(4) Occupation (5) Home/Moblie Phone(6)International Passport Or Driving Licence, (7)Present Location.

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 Organization (Motherless Babies Home) and please be aware that our Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,Verifications and validation provided by our prize processing Manager.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with our payment Manager.

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staffs of MSN COMPANY to all our lucky winners of this year.


Robert Montaomery
Chairman of board of directors


Dr.Tom Mohr
President


Dr.Mrs Hilary Schneider
Award Co-ordinator


Mrs.Sue Clark-Johnson
Financial Secretary


Dr.Timothy Landon
Prize Processing Manager



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