{"id":850,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=850"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Advance-Fee-Scam---'MasterCard-World-Lottery-2013'","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=850","title":{"rendered":"Advance Fee Scam &#8211; &#8216;MasterCard World Lottery 2013&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><b>Outline<\/b><br \/>\nMessage purporting to be from credit card provider MasterCard claims that the recipient has won a million dollars in the MasterCard World Lottery for 2013.<\/p>\n<p><b>Brief Analysis<\/b><br \/>\nThe message is not from MasterCard. It is a typical advance fee lottery scam that attempts to trick recipients into sending money and personal information to cybercriminals.<\/p>\n<p><b>Example<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><strong>Subject: ((Congratulations **Your Account Has Won $1,000,000.00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MASTERCARD \u00ae<\/strong><br \/>\nTHIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR ACCOUNT HAS WON MASTERCARD \u00ae WORLD E-LOTTERY 2013 . PLEASE KINDLY VIEW THE ATTACHED FILE FOR MORE DETAILS. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY EMAILS SENT TO THIS EMAIL ACCOUNT \u00a0<strong>(m&#95;&#105;&#110;&#x74;&#x65;&#x72;na&#116;&#105;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x61;&#x6c;&#64;a&#111;&#108;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;)<\/strong> \u00a0WILL BE ATTENDED TO.<\/p>\n<p>CONGRATULATIONS!!!<\/p>\n<p>*********<br \/>\n<em>Contents of attached Microsoft Word file:<\/em><br \/>\nMasterCard  \u00ae \/ Mega-Jackpot<br \/>\nMasterCard  \u00ae Office: 194 Regent Street, Westminster London,W1S 2XG, United Kingdom.<br \/>\nDirector Name, Dr.. Blaine Vandergate<br \/>\nDirect Phone: \u00a0 +447012957470 MasterCard.Cell Phone No:+447012957470 MasterCard<br \/>\nFax No: +4470-1117-4230 \u00a0 MasterCard<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MasterCard \u00ae INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT UK-TABLE OF REWARD.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TICKET NUMBER: \u00a008 16 20 24 25 40<br \/>\nREGISTRATION NO: 9027640<br \/>\nINSURANCE NO: MSTC006<br \/>\nTAX CLEARANCE NO: 28456<br \/>\nAMOUNT WON: $1,000,000.00.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Winner,<\/p>\n<p>This email address has brought you an unexpected luck; we know this may be a surprise to you because you were not informed about this Promo. Please read through this message. Your e-mail address was selected and confirmed by our co-sponsor Microsoft International \u00a0MasterCard \u00ae \u00a0Credit Card \u00a0Jackpot 2013, through their latest internet software. You are therefore been approved by MasterCard \u00ae \/ Visa Card International to receive \u00a0$1,000,000.00 \u00a0in credit card to be delivered to you at your resident\/house address.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent to $480,000,000 US Dollars (Four Hundred And Eight Million US Dollars). In cash, Credited to \u00a0MasterCard \u00a0No. 5283 0421 0025 3621and With Reg. No. MCIMJ: 5148\/4178 which have been Verified on the user of this E-mail Address Account. You are the ninth (9th) lucky winner of the total winners of 60 Take Note.<\/p>\n<p>You all won \u00a0$1,000,000.00USD each. Be informed that your prize (MasterCard No 5283 0421 0025 3621) has been insured\/Debited with the sum won and ready for pay out and \u00a0<strong>delivery to your house address<\/strong>. Which you will be to withdrawal your fund from any ATM point in your country.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore your details (e-mail address) falls within our REGIONAL representative office in \u00a0Africa \u00a0as indicated in your play coupon and your \u00a0Credit Card \u00a0prize of ($1,000,000.00) will be released to you from this regional branch in Africa. Be informed that your winning Credit Card (MasterCard No. 5283 0421 0025 3621) has been insured and ready fordelivery to your house address by the regional issuing crediting bank (INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC) and it is ready and programmed in your name \u00a0.Contact your claims administrator for further instructions and delivery-MasterCard \u00ae.<\/p>\n<p>======================================================<br \/>\n<strong><u>MasterCard \u00ae Claims Administrator Region<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nName:<strong> \u00a0MRS Grace Campbell<\/strong><br \/>\nE-mail:<strong><u>&#109;&#x5f;i&#110;&#x74;&#101;&#x72;n&#97;&#x74;i&#x6f;&#x6e;&#97;&#x6c;&#64;&#97;&#x6f;l&#x2e;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;<\/u><\/strong><strong> \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTelephone:<strong>+233209749651<\/strong><br \/>\n======================================================<\/p>\n<p>Again for your information, all the 10 participants were selected through the Microsoft computer ballot system (MCBS) drawn from each continent and from each ISP, by the most powerful \u00a0Microsoft Software \u00a0Incorporation, as part of our International &#8220;E-MAIL&#8221; Promotions\/Advert Program, to promote the use of MasterCard&#8217;s and the use of \u00a0Microsoft \u00a0Offices all over the World. Furthermore, to promote the use of online payments, for the settlement of debts (taxes) and payment of bills reduce of poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Your funds \u00a0$1,000,000.00 \u00a0One Million Us Dollars has been lodge in this MasterCard No. (5283 0421 0025 3621) on behalf of your E-mail Account, insured and ready for delivery. All you have to do is provide the necessary information to process your MasterCard Certificate and to upgrade our upcoming WEBSITE. Please note that they are imposter&#8217;s (Scammers) who pretend to be us, so be careful and report to me any case of double information you receive from someone else.<\/p>\n<p>Do email the above Claims Administrator, at once with all the claims requirements below. To avoid unnecessary delay. The information&#8217;s below are needed to for immediate processing to embark.<\/p>\n<p>Claims Requirements:<br \/>\n1. Full Name:<br \/>\n2. Nationality:<br \/>\n3. Age:<br \/>\n4. Occupation:<br \/>\n5. Mobile Phone:<br \/>\n6.REGISTRATION NO:9027640<br \/>\n7.MasterCard No:5283 0421 0025 3621<br \/>\n<strong><u>To view out 2012 past lucky winner click:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PROCEDURES \/ RIGHTS AND PRECAUTIONS.<br \/>\nContact the Claims Administrator with all your claims requirements well filled. Your claims Administrator will give you all the guide lines on how to process your claims. Your claims administrator has the due right to disqualify you for misconduct; you are to keep your winning private until delivery. Any mail received of such should be reported to the claims Administrator above. This will help fight scam.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary<br \/>\nMrs. Mercy Hunt @<\/p>\n<p>MasterCard \u00ae \/ Microsoft \u00ae Mega Jackpot.<\/p>\n<p>===========================<br \/>\nSponsored by MasterCard \u00ae \/ Visa Card<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Detailed Analysis<\/b><br \/>\nAccording to this message, which is delivered in the form of a Microsoft Word document attached to a &#8220;winning notification&#8221; email, the recipient has won one million dollars in a &#8220;World Lottery&#8221; organized by MasterCard and co-sponsored by Microsoft. Supposedly, the recipient&#8217;s email address was selected as the winning entry via Microsoft&#8217;s &#8220;latest internet software&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The rather convoluted Word document, which is cluttered with several large MasterCard logos, instructs the &#8220;winner&#8221; to contact a claims agent to begin the process of claiming the funds. The document also includes several images supposedly depicting past winners of the lottery.<\/p>\n<p>But, alas, the recipient&#8217;s email address did not bring him or her &#8220;unexpected luck&#8221; at all. \u00a0 The message is not from MasterCard, has zero affiliation with Microsoft, and the promised prize is the figment of a canny criminal&#8217;s devious imaginings.<\/p>\n<p>And, the pictures of &#8220;past winners&#8221; have been stolen from various reports discussing MasterCard charitable or community projects.<\/p>\n<p>Those who take the bait and send their &#8220;claims requirements&#8221; to the designated &#8220;Claims Agent&#8221;, will soon be asked to send money, ostensibly to cover expenses such as insurance, banking fees, delivery costs, tax, and a host of other &#8211; entirely imaginary &#8211; obligations. Requests for more and more fees may continue for the life of the scam. The &#8220;agent&#8221; will make it very clear from the outset that the fees must be fully paid in advance, or the prize offer will be withdrawn. And, when the scam finally ends, the criminal can melt away with his stolen funds leaving the hapless victim waiting in vain for his or her million-dollar windfall.<\/p>\n<p>And, to make matters worse, the criminal may have managed to collect enough personal and financial information from his victim that he can steal the victim&#8217;s identity. Or the valuable data may be sold via the criminal marketplace to other fraudsters.<\/p>\n<p>As with many such scams, the +4470 phone numbers used in the scam message are \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Fraud Watchers - +4470 Phone Numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraudwatchers.org\/forums\/view.php?pg=fw_personal_nos\">personal forwarding numbers<\/a> \u00a0that can be configured to divert to another number chosen by the scammer. The  \u00a0+44 country code can fool victims into believing that they are talking to someone in the UK when in fact they are talking to a criminal in some other part of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a great deal of exposure about \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Advance Fee Lottery Scams - International Lottery Scam Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/email-lottery-scams.html\">advance fee lottery scams<\/a>, the ruse continues to work. Such scams gain new victims all around the world every day.<\/p>\n<p>Do not trust any unsolicited message that claims that you have won a large sum of money in a lottery or promotion that you have never even entered.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/advance-fee-scam-mastercard-world-lottery-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/advance-fee-scam-mastercard-world-lottery-2013\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Message purporting to be from credit card provider MasterCard claims that the recipient has won a million dollars in the MasterCard World Lottery for 2013. Brief Analysis The message is not from MasterCard. It is a typical advance fee lottery scam that attempts to trick recipients into sending money and personal information to cybercriminals. 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