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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft lottery" (no such lottery exists)
  • "yahoo/msn lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +447031860463 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: EDMOND CLINTON <mredmondclinton@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 15:12:13 -0400
Subject: Attn: Fill and return the verification form




Dear Lucky Winner,

Congratulations on behalf of the MICROSOFT LOTTERY BOARD. We do believe that your winnings will be put into good use for community, educational and business development.

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your Mail. Your claim and details will be verified in the Verifications
Department. Once this is done, further instructions will be sent to you on how to proceed.




HERE ARE YOUR WINNING INFORMATIONS:BATCH NO:----------------------------- YM 09102XNREFF. NO:------------------------------- YM35447XNWINNING NO:-------------------------- YM09788AMOUNT WON:----------------------- £500,000.00 Great British Pounds

FOR THE RELEASE AND CLAIMS OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE:You are to provide to this Winnings Claims Department the below CLAIM INFORMATIONS in order for your prize to be release. The filled claim informations should be send to this office Claims Department on time. YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY, prize must be claimed within 10 days from date of draw notification, after the draw date in which prize was won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be canceled and returned back to the Lottery Organizing Board, as its stated in the Lottery Privacy Policy. You are therefore advice to fill and send the CLAIM INFORMATIONS to this Winnings Claims Department with the same email. Please fill the below information and send it to us immediately.



CLAIM INFORMATIONS: all the fields are required

Your Names:
Gender/Sex:
Your Age:
Occupation:
Home Address:
Home Phone No:
Cell Phone No:
Your Fax No: (if available)
Email Address:
Your Country:
City and State:

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Your Batch No:

Verify Batch No:
Amount Won:
Verify Amount Won:
In what currency do you need-
your winning prize: e.g. Dollars and Euros (except Pounds)
Choose Your Mode of Colletcion: (A) Courier (B) Bank
Next of Kin:

CONGRATULATION!!! once again.

Yours Truly,
Agent: Mr. Edmond ClintonEmail: mredmondclinton@hotmail.comTel: +447031860463
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