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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: boardlink01@clamsa.com
Reply-To: macwilliam@claimdept.net
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:49:20 +0000
Subject: Dear Email Owner, Congratulations!!


Dear Email Owner, Congratulations!!
We are pleased to notify you that your email address won the sum of GBP£1,000, 000: 00 (One Million British Pounds) from our monthly MSN/AOL Online Sweepstake Promotion held on October 30th 2009.

MANAGER FRONTIERS DELIVERY SERVICE

OFFICE ADDRESS: 20 Park, Harlesden London NW15 United Kingdom

(Mr Mike Williams)TEL:+44-70-31-74-61-60Fax:+44-84-47-74-14-32Email: macwilliam@claimdept.net
NOTE: please send to your claims agent the following information by email.

FULL NAME:...............................
AGE:.............................................
SEX:..............................................
TEL ...............................................
OCCUPATION...............................
NATIONALITY.............................
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.........

Yours sincerely,
Lady Rose Lucas
Coordinator Msn and Microsoft Online Promotions
MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM UK




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