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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:
  • "ms-word lotto" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +27732799260 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • david_sanko1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sanko steve <sankosteve_09@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:29:42 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING








MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD

FROM:LINDA ROSE
MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM
20 CRAVEN PARK,

LONDON,NW10,ENGLAND,
UNITED KINGDOM.
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM


DEAR WINNER,

MICROSOFT COOPERATION 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 THREE DAYS AGO


YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO MSW LL. WITH SERIAL NUMBER BTD/9080648302/07 THE LUCKY NUMBERS 14/21/25/39/40/47 REF: BTD/968/05, BATCH: 409978E TICKET NUMBER 008795727498 AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED TO RECEIVE LUMP SUM OF £1,350,000.00 (ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS) AS ONE OF THE 5 JACKPOT WINNERS IN THIS DRAW.



PLEASE BE INFORMED BY THIS WINNING NOTIFICATION, TO FILE YOUR CLAIMS. YOU ARE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH OUR CORRESPONDING BANK IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR PRIZE


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 DIRECTLY FROM OUR CORRESPONDING BANK IN SOUTH AFRICA. AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL, YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE MSW/FEB/XX06 WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR WINNING DETAILS TO THE (RESERVE BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA). THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM .


DO CONTACT OUR AUTHORIZED CLAIM AGENT BELLOW AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTICE FOR THE CLAIM OF YOUR PRICE.


Mr. sanko steve.
LOTTERY CLAIM AGENT.JOHANNESBURG, 2001.
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
EMAIL: david_sanko1@yahoo.co.uk
CELL.PHONE: + 27-73-27-99-260


VERIFICATIONS FORM


1. Your Winning Email:............................2. Ref Number:...................................3.Serial Number:................................4. Amount Worn:................................5. Batch Number:..............................6. Ticket Number:.......................
7. Security code:..........................
8.Telephone number..........................
9. Marital status................................
10. Address...................................................................
11. 0ccupation.....................
12. Age............
13. Nationality.........................
14. Sex.................
15. Residence.......................
16. Fax Number.....................
17. Benefactor Name..........................


PRIZE CLAIM
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

WARNING. DO NOT REPLY ANY OTHER MAILS LIKE THIS ON NET, AS THERE ARE A LOT OF SCAM ARTISTS OUT THERE PRETENDING TO BE US. YOU MAY RECEIVE MAILS LIKE THIS DO NOT REPLY, BUT CONTACT MR. SANKO STEVE OUR AUTHORIZED CLAIM AGENT TEL:+27-73-27-99-260

CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATE OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.





YOURS SINCERELY.
MR. GRAY HUND
(ZONAL CONDINATOR. SECRETARY

MRS. LINDA ROSE. MICROSOFT PROMOTION TEAMVICE PRESIDENT







(UK HEAD OFFICE / COUSTOMER CARE CONTACT)
PHONE: 00 44-731839404
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