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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:
  • "microsoft corporation word lottery" (no such lottery exists)
  • "ms-word lotto" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • ",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 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.
  • maxconseguros@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mmaxconseguros@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: Info Mail <Info.Mail@web.de>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:26:11 +0200
Subject: {Disarmed} VERY IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION


[https://freemailng2804.web.de/jump.htm?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fmail%2Eyahoo%2Ecom%2Fconfig%2Flogin%3F%2Fym%2FCo%2520mpose%3FTo%3Darabtrans%40arabtrans%2Ecom] MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD FROM THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,AND AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER, UNITED KINGDOM,MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM61-70 Southamptom Row, Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937BATCH NO: 2005SEPT#22 WINNER NO: 5 ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION. *DEAR WINNER,*** MICROSOFT CORPORATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN EUROPE BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 8th August, 2007. YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL OR YOUR COMPANY E-MAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO MSWLL. WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 887-13-865-37-10-83, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE FIRST CATEGORY.YOU HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUM OF $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE WITH REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937. THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $25,000,000.00 USD, SHARED AMONG THE TWNETY FIVE (25) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGOERY.** *ALL PARTICIPANT WERE SELECTED FROM WORLD WIDE WEBSITES ESPECIALLY YAHOO MAIL THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000 NAMES,AND 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT(CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAÑ E-MAIL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMONET MICROSOFT WORD USERS ALL OVER THE WOLRD AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNATE AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.*** *YO**UR FUND (CERTIFIED CHEQUE) HAS BEEN INSURED WITH YOUR REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 AND WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY. IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY ONE OF OUR CLAIM AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR ZONE** **(SR. CARL LOUIS )**.** YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL HIM TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AND GOVERNMENT TAX PAYMENT THAT IS ALL, AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.*** *AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE **MSW/FEB/XX06** TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT. THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM .*** *PRIZE CLAIM*MAXCON SEGUROS ESPAÑA S.A AVDA. PRIMERO DE MAYO 26 28008 MADRID ESPAÑA OFFICER CONTACT IS:E-MAIL: maxconseguros@aim.com [http://us.f359.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=maxconseguros@aim.com] TEL / FAX: + 34-911-849-810 CLAIMS AGENT,SR. CARL LOUIS.CLAIMS AGENT** *REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.** **ALL FUNDS NOT CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE THE FIXED DATE WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND DONATED TO CHARITY ORGANIZATION IN AFRICA .*** *NOTE:** IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS AND YOUR SECURITY CODE OF MSW/FEB/XX06 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. DO NOT REPLY ANY OTHER MAILS LIKE THIS ON NET, AS THEY ARE A LOT OF SCAM ARTIST OUT THERE PRETENDING TO BE US. **YOU MAY SEE MAILS LIKE THIS DO NOT REPLY. *** DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER SR. CARL LOUIS via maxconseguros@aim.com [http://us.f359.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mmaxconseguros@aim.com] AT ONCE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS TO ENABLE THE OFFICE PROCEED WITH YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE AND FILE KEEPING.** *CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION TO ALL OUR **LUCKY** WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE **TO BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD. ****SINCERELY,*** * [https://freemailng2804.web.de/jump.htm?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fmail%2Eyahoo%2Ecom%2Fconfig%2Flogin%3F%2Fym%2FCo%2520mpose%3FTo%3Darabtrans%40arabtrans%2Ecom]*** * ((Photograph) src="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0916/csmimg/p1c.jpg)** ** (Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga (1918-65))** **Mrs. **Basheera** Abubakar Mrs. Caro Smith. **(Co-coordinator). (Secretary) **** * ** *Past winners. *** */ /*



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