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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: "MICROSOFT CO-OPERATION 2010" <info@msn.net>
Reply-To: jamesmark22@rcweb.net
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:11:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON

Dear: e-Mail Winner,

The WINDOWS LIVE & MICROSOFT WINDOWS has set out and successfully organized a
Sweepstakes marking the beginning of year anniversary.

We rolled out over 10,000.000.00 (10 million e-mails) to mark the 2010
Anniversary Draws.Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn
from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their BETA patronage attaching
personalized email addresses to TICKET No:20511465463-7644.which subsequently
won you £250,000.00 pounds as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this
draw.contact our fiduciary agent below

Mr James Mark
Email: jamesmark22@rcweb.net
Telephone: +447024087599 +447031950652 +447024066883

Provide him with the information below:
1.Name.
2.Address.
3.Nationality.
4.Age.
5.Occupation.
6.Phone/Fax.

Yours in service,
The Award Team
(Microsoft Corporation)
DR.Dennis Julius

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