419 scam: MSW LOTTERY AWARD 2010 <mswpaymentofficelondon206@yahoo.co.uk> FROM MICROSOFT COMPANY LONDON (UK)Œë¸"

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "microsoft corporation word lottery" (no such lottery exists)
- "ms-word lotto" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- +447035988537 (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.
- mswpayofficunit04@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MSW LOTTERY AWARD 2010 <mswpaymentofficelondon206@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mswpayofficunit04@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:50:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM MICROSOFT COMPANY LONDON (UK)

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FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS
MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD
LOTTERY.UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton
Row, Blooms bury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.

REFERENCE NO:
MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 2010JANUARY#22
WINNER NO: 5

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD
WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER:
UNITED
KINGDOM

                         WINNING NOTIFICATION
!

Dear Sir/ Madam,

We the MICROSOFT
COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you that you're among our
winners of MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY conducted in the UNITED KINGDOM BEING THE HOST
OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON
THE 13th OF NOV 2010.HOWEVER THE RESULTS WERE RELEASED ON THE 15th OF NOV ,2010

Your Personal E-mail
address or Company email is attached to WINNER NO: 5
JANUARY L-200-02MSW,
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 pay of GBP
£800,000.00 (Eight hundred Thousand Pounds
Sterling Only) in cash Credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937 this is
from total prize money of GBP £27,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the
Twenty-five (25) lucky international winners in first and second
category.

All participants were selected from Worldwide Websites
especially yahoo
mail,msn mail,aol mail, icq mail through our Microsoft 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
-WORD users all over the world, and to encourage the use of Internet and
Computers worldwide.

Your fund 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 Paymaster
in charge of UNITED KINGDOM Zone (REV PAUL JOHNSON). 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 and phone 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 Staff
necessary details on how to claim Your prize.

You are to keep your
REF NUMBERS and BATCH NUMBER from the public, until you have been processed and
your prize money delivered to you. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming and the act of scamming people of their ref number and
prizes. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
the year High stakes of US$0.3billion International Lottery. To claim your
winning prize, you must first contact our claims department by email for
Processing and remittance of your prize money to you.
YOU ARE TO REPLY WITH
THE PAYMASTER OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL:

(PLEASE REPLY WITH THIS EMAIL BELOW)

EMAIL: mswpayofficunit04@hotmail.com

NAME:REV PAUL JOHNSON

+44 703 598 8537.

YOU HAVE TO CONTACT YOUR PAYMASTER WITH THE MICROSOFT
WINNER'S APPLICATION/VERIFICATION FORM OF PAYMENT PROCESSING

WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA

1.First
Name..........
2.Middle Name........
3.Last
Name............
4.Gender............
5.Month Of Birth...
Day.. Year...
6.Marital Status............
7.Nationality............
8.Religion...............
9.Occupation/Company`s
Name.:
10.Passport Photocopy .....
11.Mobile phone
No.............
12.House Phone No...............
13.Email Address.:
.eg. username@dormainname.com

WINNING
INFORMATION.

14.Ref
Number...........
15.Batch Number...........
16.Winner
Number...........
17.Amount Won..............

MODE OF PAYMENT

BANK TO BANK TRANSFER(TELEGRAPHIC WIRE TRANSFER)

18.Bank
Name............
19.Bank Address................
20.Bank Account
No............

Remember, all prize
money must be claimed not later than the 30th of NOV ,2010. All funds not
Claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned as Unclaimed and will be
seen as forfeited by you hence will be donated to charity organization around
the world.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers 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 REV PAUL
JOHNSON 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 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.

Sincerely,

LOTTERY SPONSORS:
CHIEF
SPONSORS;

MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK,             MICROSOFT
CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT
CORPORATION USA,           MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.

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