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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:

• 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)
• 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.
  • +447031871806 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: claimtoday19@superposta.com
Reply-To: claimtoday@live.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:05:37 +0200
Subject: Helloooooooooooo


MICROSOFT INTERNET PROMOTION



*Microsoft Award Team**
**20 Craven Park , Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom**
**Ref: BTD/968/05**
Batch: 409978*

* *



*
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!*





*Dear winner,*



The prestigious Microsoft and AOL is running an e-mail beta test programme
marking the year 2008, Your email address as indicated was drawn and
attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/08
and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you
the total sum of (GBP£1,050,000.00 One Million Fifty Thousand Great Britain
Pounds) The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley,
London United Kingdom on the 02 June,2008. These Draws are commemorative as
such special that you don't need to buy any ticket to enter the draws.



To claim this prize, you are requested to complete the verification form and
send it to the email address shown below, as o ur London office will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact them. All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies, and individual E-mails

DELIVERY AGENT CONTACT INFORMATION:

*NAME OF COURIER FIRM: FRONTIERS DELIVERY SERVICES**
OFFICE ADDRESS: *60 Great King Edward Avenue London,WC1N 3HR United-
Kingdom.

Email: *claimtoday@ymail.com *

Tele:+44-703-187-1806

Tele:+44-703-187-2130

*VERIFICATION FORM*

YOUR FULL NAME:_______________________________________
AGE:__________________________________________________
SEX:__________________________________________________
PERMANENT ADDRESS:__________________________________
COUNTRY:______________________________________________
CITY:__________________________________________________
POSTAL CODE__________________________________________
FAX _________________________________________________
MOBILE_________ _______________________________________

WINNING E-MAIL________________________________________
AMOUNT WON__________________________________________
BATCH NO:_____________________________________________
TICKET NO:____________________________________________
REFRENCE NO:__________________________________________
LUCKY NO:____________________________________________
SERIAL NO:____________________________________________

* *
Your fund is now insured to your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep your winning details strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your in which
ever way you deemed fit to claim your prize. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of
this program. Finally, you are to make a remittance of a part of your
winning prize not lower than 10-percent, to any charity organization of your
choice after receiving your allocation. *
** **
Mrs. Rosse N
Microsoft Promotion Team
Vice President*

*MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROMOTION 2008*

Microsoft has obtained your contact details from public internet sources. We
thought that you could be attracted to be part of this promotion with our
company for enquires visit our website: www.freelotto.com

(c) Copyright 2008 Microsoft Lottery promotion All Right Reserve"

Anti-fraud resources:

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