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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: AMERICA ONLINE PROMO COMPANY <tankman92@verizon.net>
Reply-To: rev.father.wright3@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:57:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congratulations_On_the_America_Online_Promo_Award_of_=A348?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?5=2C000=2E00_=28Contact_rev=2Efather=2Ewright3=40hotmail?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?=2Ecom=29?=




Dear Sir/Madam



We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of Four Hundred And Eighty Five Thousand British Pounds Sterling (£485,000.00) for this month lottery promotion which is organized by America Online Company!



It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by America Online Company, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held this March 2010,in London, where your email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of ?£485,000.00 (Four Hundred And Eighty Five Thousand British Pounds Sterling) Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category. They are arranged in this format below:





CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES:

1st. 2 ?$£505,000.00 each

2nd. 8 ?£485,000.00 each

3rd. 13 ?£789,000.00 each

4th. 27 ?£378,000.00 each



BATCH NUMBER: AOL917701116000

WINNING NUMBER: AOL1229/USLP

REF.NUMBER: AOL991327820



To Begin Your Claims, Kindly Contact The Fiduciary Agent For Your Prize



Agent Name: Rev Father Wright

Agent Email Address: rev.father.wright3@hotmail.com

Agent Telephone Number: +447024097597

Agent Address: United Kingdom, London Uk



You Are Required To Forward To Your Agent With The Following Details:



1.FULL NAMES

2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

3.DATE OF BIRTH

4.OCCUPATION

5.CONTACT ADDRESS

6.TELEPHONE NUMBERS

7.TICKET AND LOTTO NUMBER

8.SERIAL NUMBER

9.SEX



Do not reply this email contact our claims agent via his telephone number and email address



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The America Online Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman,Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.





Note : Keep your winning information very confidential until your winning money is transfered to you. This is to avoid double claim of fund.



Also make sure you check your email often to ensure a speedy transfer of your winning money to you. Check both your INBOX, JUNK and SPAM because your email may be received in either INBOX or JUNK or SPAM because of network problem.



Yours Faithfully,

Mr Steve Case

Promotion Coordinator

America Online International Promo Inc.

Sweepstakes International Program.

**************************************************************************************************** ****************



All Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of the proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.





You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Microsoft Corporation. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly forward a copy to us and delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Microsoft shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.

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