419 scam: "MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY,UK" <mrstones2007@hotmail.com> MICROSOFT WORD MANAGEMENT

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

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:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- +447045733414 (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.
- contact_williamstones@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY,UK" <mrstones2007@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:04:18 -0700
Subject: MICROSOFT WORD MANAGEMENT

DEAR ESTEEMED WINNER
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
The MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held earlier this year,
2007. Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to Winning
number 20-12DEC-2005-02MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky
numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery
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.

This is from total prize money of £2,500,000.00 GBP (TWO MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING), shared among the Five (5)
international winners in this category. 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 must first contact the claims
Department by email for processing and remittance of your prize money to you.
The claims officer contact email is:

Name: Mr. william stones
E-mail:contact_williamstones@yahoo.com
Tel: +447045733414

AND PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO FILL AND SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS
REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE TO YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER:

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

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, He 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.

Sincerely,
Mr. Steve Scott
For MS WORD LOTTO UK.

=====================================================

DEAR ESTEEMED WINNER
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
The MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held earlier this year,
2007. Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to Winning
number 20-12DEC-2005-02MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky
numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery
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.

This is from total prize money of £2,500,000.00 GBP (TWO MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING), shared among the Five (5)
international winners in this category. 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 must first contact the claims
Department by email for processing and remittance of your prize money to you.
The claims officer contact email is:

Name: Mr.william stones
E-mail;contact_williamstones@yahoo.com
Tel: +447045733414

AND PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO FILL AND SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS
REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE TO YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER:

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

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, He 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.

Sincerely,
Mr. Steve Scott
For MS WORD LOTTO UK.

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