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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:

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:12:37 +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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