419 scam: "MRS. BENEDICT McDONALD"<DADADA34@clear.ocn.ne.jp> MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION 2017

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",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)
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.
- +447587340097
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.
- msclaimsukharrysmithduncan@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. BENEDICT McDONALD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <msclaimsukharrysmithduncan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:01:31 -0700
Subject: MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION 2017

Microsoft UK (Cardinal Place) 100 Victoria Street London SW1E 5JL UK.

In Collaboration with www.officialroyalwedding2011.org the organizers of British Royal Wedding 2017 Organizers of Prince Williams and Catherine Middleton’s Royal wedding Announces with great pleasure a Total Lottery winning sum of Five Hundred Million Great Britain Pounds(GBP) Sterling to appreciate the gesture of the entire world support during their prestigious Wedding on 29th April 2011 at Westminster Abbey.                                 Royal wedding photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishmonarchy/tags/rw2017

REFERENCE Nº:LPB0031894/35

TICKET Nº:91AW6788424622

BATCH Nº:56741159

Email: msclaimsukharrysmithduncan@gmail.com



Dear Winner!!!,

                                MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION 2017.

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our winners selected in the month of June YEAR 2017 Microsoft Royal wedding organizers multi million pounds Royal award email draw Online award Anniversary of the Prestigious Royal Wedding. Microsoft & AOL in Conjunction with Nokia Cell phone are currently running a wonderful test and for this had set out, £500,000,000.00 GBP (FIVE HUNDRED MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) to share to all winners across the world. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Internet Microsoft Windows and Royal wedding supporters of all sorts, use of Global system for mobile (GSM), shopping of wedding items and payment of royalties to THE ROYAL HIGHNESSES, DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. We wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory repor t Test conducted for all on line

A winning check/draft will be issued in your name by Microsoft Corporation board or the fund transferred to your account. You have therefore won the entire sum of £ 995,000.00 GBP {NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS} with winning lucky number: MSN/RWO/2017-14 27 37 40 47 31. A certificate of prize claims will be sent to you as soon as your claim agent receives your personal details. Therefore, you are mandated to contact your claim agent immediately with the below needed information and quote your LUCKY NUMBER.

Harry Smith Duncan

Claims/Delivery agent

For: Microsoft Promotion Award Team

Email: msclaimsukharrysmithduncan@gmail.com

CALL OR SMS TO; +447587340097

OFFICIAL PAYING BANK: BANK OF ENGLAND.

Provide your Claim Agent with your Full Details to enable him process your payment:

Full Names:

Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):

Gender:

Occupation :

Address:

Country:

Winning file number/Email :

Telephone No:

Amount won :

Winners are advised to keep their winning information secret to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner.

Regards,

MRS. BENEDICT McDONALD

FOR MICROSOFT PROMOTON TEAM

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