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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 lottery" (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")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447031921754 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709742585 (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.
  • frontiersdeliveryserviceuk@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ROSEMARY FISHMAN" <mscorporationunitedkingdom7@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:55:48 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION! FOR WINNING THE UK MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMOTION (Send your application to: frontiersdeliveryserviceuk@gmail.com)


*MICROSOFT LOTTERY AWARD TEAM**
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT:
**#**28 TANFIELD ROAD**, **
CROYDON LONDON E14 5HP UNITED KINGDOM*

*Winner No: 5** *



*UK** MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMOTION OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:***



Dear Winner,



We are glad to inform you that Microsoft and AOL and Google mail have set
out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the beginning of the
year 2008. We rolled out over GBP £24,000 000 00 for our 2008 Anniversary
Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a
wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage. The selection was
made through a *(CDS)* *Computer Draw System *attaching personalized email
addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later.
Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo India, Yahoo UK, Google mail etc are now the largest
Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer
remains the most widely used program by running an E-Mail Beta Base Test.



Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to Ticket Number: *
ALO79-55-279-18* with Serial Number: *ALOTD/9/14/06/07* and drew the Lucky
Number: *885-32-48-40(111)* which subsequently won you *Seven Hundred and
Twenty-Five Thousand, Great Britain Pound Sterling (£725, 000.00*) as one of
the 12 winners in this draw. The draws registered as draw number 5 was
conducted in Brockley, London UK on the 25th April 2008. These Draws are
commemorative and as such special. You have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay out of *Seven Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand, Great Britain
Pound Sterling (£725, 000.00*) through a bank to bank transfer, which is the
winning payout in Second category winners. This is from the total prize
money of £GBP £6,000 000 00 (Six million Great Britain Pounds Sterling)
shared among the Twelve Winners in the Second category.



Your winnings should be claimed from our Paying/Claim Agent in London
(*Frontiers
Delivery Service** **UK**) *as we have notified them. Due to the mix-up that
may arise from emails of winners and numbers we ask that you keep this award
strictly (confidential) from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted into your bank account or by any method of
payment that you might request. This is part of our security
protocols/measures to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year (2008) high stakes £24,000 000 00
(Twenty-Four million Great Britain Pounds Sterling). To avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, you are advised to contact your Fiduciary/Claim
Agent with the following details:

*01) Full name:………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………….…….…………...*

*02) Address: ……………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………*

*03) Ticket Numbers: ……………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………… *

*04) Serial Number: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..….. *

*05) Lucky Numbers: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………… *

*06) Phone numbers: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…*

*07) Fax Numbers: …………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………..*

*07) Amount won: ………………………………………..…………………………………………...……………………………………….*

*08) Sex: ……………………………………………………..….……………………………………...….…………………………………….*

*09) Age: …………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….*

*10) Occupation: ………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….*



To begin your claim, you are advice to contact immediately our accredited
Claims Agent in the name of *Blue Milton *who will also be your Claim Agent:


*
***********************************************************************************************************
*

*DELIVERY AGENCY CONTACT INFO: MANAGER FRONTIERS DELIVERY SERVICE** **UK**.*

* Office Address: #28 Tansfield Road, Corydon London E14 5HP United Kingdom.
<mscorporationunitedkingdom@boxlotto.com>*

*Contact: Blue Milton (Claim's Agent)<mscorporationunitedkingdom@boxlotto.com>
*

*Phone: +44 703 192 1754, +44 703 1921881, +44 703 192 2413
<mscorporationunitedkingdom@boxlotto.com>*

*Fax: +44 870 974 2585, +44 870 9742586, +44 870 974
2587<mscorporationunitedkingdom@boxlotto.com>
*

*Email: * *frontiersdeliveryserviceuk@gmail.com*

*
***********************************************************************************************************
*

Our heartily thanks and gratitude goes Bill Gates and his Associates and the
Online British National Lottery Commission for making this program a
success. *Notice** in accordance with the Bank of England foreign transfer
regulation and avoidance of double claims by prize winners, you shall be
requested to register your winning prize with the Bank of England before
payment shall be done to your bank account or via any mode of payment you
may request for.*



Congratulations for being part of our commemorative Draws from all the
Members & Staff of the Online British National Lottery Commission. ALL
CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT VIA EMAIL: *
frontiersdeliveryserviceuk@gmail.com* ATTENTION: DR. BLUE MILTON



Sincerely Yours,



*Dr. Mrs. Rosemary Fishman*

*(On-Line coordinator, UK Microsoft Promotion Award Team)*



* 100 860 8556 2548 9576UK***

*Copyright ÂÂ(c) 1994-2008 The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards
Promotion Inc. All Rights Reserved. *

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