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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +447005964850 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031838268 (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.
  • microticket2007@yahoo.co.uk
  • microticket207@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: micro.company2007@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:29:53 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HAPPY=20WINNER=20NO=2E9=20=28CONGRATULATIONS=29?=

MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROWEB CORPORATION WORLD LOTTERY BOARD UNITED KINGDOM.MAYFAIR
HOUSE 20-26 HEDDON STREET MAYFAIR LONDON UNITED KINGDOM W1B 4DA.

REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 2007SEPTL#22
WINNER NO: 9

MICROWEB EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED
KINGDOM

DEAR WINNER,

MICROWEB CO-OPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT
YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORLD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN UNITED
KINGDOM BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO
WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 25TH, SEPTEMBER 2007.

YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO SEPTEMBER
MSWORLD. 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 LUMP SUMS OF $ 1,000,000 (USD ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)
PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 THIS IS FROM TOTAL
PRIZE MONEY OF $ 25,000,000 USD, SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY
INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES ESPECIALLY FROM YAHOO
AND COMPANIES EMAILS THROUGH OUR JOINT MICROWEB COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN
FROM 21,000 NAMES, 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA,
UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL
"E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT
MS -WORLD USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET
AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.

YOUR 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 OFFICER IN EUROPE (MAC COLLINS). 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 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/XX07
TO YOUR CLAIMING OFFICER. THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM .

To file for your claim, please contact our claims officer:
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT HERE

Mr.MAC COLLINS
TEL+ 447031838268 TEL/FAX+447005964850
CLAIMS OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL IS:
microticket2007@yahoo.co.uk
microticket207@yahoo.co.uk

To process your claims you are hereby advice to fill this form and return
it to your CLAIMS OFFICER, for the final processing of your file.

NAME.......................................................................
ADDRESS:...............................................................
NATIONALITY:........................................................
SEX:..........................................................................
AGE:.........................................................................
PHONE/MOBILE:......................................................
FAX:..........................................................................
OCCUPATION:..........................................................
COMPANY:................................................................
SECURITY CODE.......................................................
WINNING NO:.............................................................

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/XX07 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 MAC COLLINS
IN UNITED KINGDOM 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 MICROWEB
CO-OPERATION 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 WEB.DE ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY
ROUND THE WORLD.
SINCERELY,



MRS. TINA HARRIS : TEL + 447031838052
(Co-coordinator).

LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;

MICROWEB CORPORATION UK, MICROWEB CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROWEB CORPORATION USA, MICROWEB CORPORATION ASIA.
MICROWEB. DE CORPORATION GERMANY

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam