419 scam: "Mrs. Joanne Beckson"<info@europakweb.com> CONGRATULATION!!! YOU ARE AMONG OUR LUCKY WINNER

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (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)
- "u.k " (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 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.
- agntpaul@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Joanne Beckson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agntpaul@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:02:13 -0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU ARE AMONG OUR LUCKY WINNER

MICROSOFT AWARD PROMOTION
Microsoft Corporation
#2 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052
Ref: BTD/876/12
Batch: 487690.

ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Finally today, we announce the winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on Tuesday ,November 3rd, 2015. Your e-mail address, attached to

winning number: 27-89-00-87-45-800, With serial number 6700987, consequently won in the 5th lottery category.

You have been approved for lump sums pay out of $2,000,000.00 USD in cash credited to file Ref: BTD/876/12 and winning number: 27-89-00-87-45-800.

Selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000.00 email addresses

drawn from all the continents of the world.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 36,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by

an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No ticket were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for

representation and privacy. This is to encourage our prominent Microsoft Internet Explorer users all over the world, and for the Continues use of E-mail.

Your winning fund (Certified Cashiers Cheque) has been insured with your Ref: BTD/876/12 and winning number: 27-89-00-87-45-800. To claim your winning prize, you must

contact the claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize to you.

The MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS Claims Agent:
Name: Mr. Eric P. Miller
E-mail: agntpaul@gmail.com

Kindly contact the Claims Agent on the email address above and remember to quote your reference number and winning number in all correspondences with your claims

officer for easy identification of your winning prize.

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number.(This is important as a case of double claims will

not be entertained).

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION REQUIRED ALONG WITH YOUR REF NUMBER AND WINNING NUMBER TO THE CLAIM OFFICER.
1.Full Name:......................................
2.Address:.......................City:.....................
5.State of Origin:................Country:.....................
4.Date of Birth:................................................
5.Occupation:....................................................
6.Home/Office Tel:..................Cell Tel:........................Fax:.................

Sincerely,
Mrs. Joanne Beckson
Secretary

LOTTERY SPONSOR
Microsoft Corporation U.K

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