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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447024022490 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031907218 (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.
  • msncenter2008@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:46:26 +0000
Subject: MSN LIVE 2008 (DETAILS REQUIRED IMMIDIATELY)

MSN Window Live Awards Centre
Kernel House Killingbeck Drive Killingbeck Leeds LS14 6UF United Kingdom


This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds (Great Britain GBP650,000) for the Third quarter of 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by MICROSOFT WINDOWS LIVE AWARDS. Windows Live Centre collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. 6 people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS

Winners shall be paid in accordance with their entitlement Centers. Microsoft Windows Live Prize Award must be claimed not later than 14 working days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed. Stated below are your identification numbers:

Claims Batch Code: MWL/008/43100, Claims Ref.
Code: 0081433, Winning Pin: 411PP

You are requested to contact our Award Coordinator in Leeds and send your winning identification numbers to him:

Award Co-ordinator's Name: Rev. Mr. Phillipe Dalakis
E-Mail: rev.mr.phillip_dalakis@live.com,msncenter2008@hotmail.com
Tel: +44-703 1907 218,+44 702 4022 490, +44 704 5711 018 Fax: +44 7005-921-454.

You are advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.1. Full name, 2. Country, 3. Contact Address, 4. Sex,Date of Birth/Age, 5. Occupation, 6.Yahoomail/hotmail Id

Congratulations!!! once again.

Yours in service,
Madam Ellen Richardson
Awards Notification Officer

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