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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: AMERICAN ON LINE AND MICROSOFT ASSOCIATION TEAM <ukreleaseteam323@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ukreleaseteam@consultant.com
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:42:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!


  

AMERICAN ON LINE AND
MICROSOFT ASSOCIATION TEAM

 

Address 20 Park,
Harlesden London NW15 United
Kingdom

 

Ticket number======
Alo79-55-279-18

 

Serial number
======Alotd13/30/02/10

 

Lucky number
======885-32-48-40(111)

 

Winning code number:
(19000)

 

   CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

Attention Winner,

 

The prestigious
MICROSOFT and AMERICAN ON LINE has set out and successfully organized a
Sweepstakes marking the year 2010 conference draw, we rolled out over GBP 7,000
000, 00 shared for our yearly conference Draws. Participants for the draws were
randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their
patronage.

 

The selection was
made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to
ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Microsoft and AOL
are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that
Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, AOL are running an
e-mail beta test.

 

Your email address as
indicated was drawn and attached to Ticket number Alo79-55-279-18 Serial number
Alotd13/30/02/10 and drew the Lucky number 885-32-48-40(111) which subsequently
won you £1,350,000.00 (One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British
Pounds) as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won
the entire winning sum of £1,350,000.00 (One Million Three Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Great British Pounds) as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw
registered as Draw number one was conducted in New York City United State Of
America on the 25st

 of August 2010. These Draws are commemorative
and as such special Gift so as to fight poverty around the Globe

 

Please be informed by
this winning notification, to file for your claims, you are to make contact to
The Foreign Credit Manager who shall by duty guide you through the process to
facilitate the release of your winning prize. To file for your claim please
kindly Contact your fiduciary claim agent directly for further directions

 

Ticket number======
Alo79-55-279-18

 

Serial number
======Alotd13/30/02/10

 

Lucky number
======885-32-48-40(111)

 

Winning code number:
(19000)

 

Kindly forward you’re
winning details by Email to the Agent immediately you receive this mail and call
Dr Alex Cole for attention, please addressed to:

 

NAME OF COURIER FIRM:
FRONTIERS DELIVERY SERVICES

OFFICE ADDRESS: 60 Great Ormond Street London, WC1N 3HR United- Kingdom.

Contact Person: Dr
Alex Cole.

Tele: +44 703 174
4821

Email: ukreleaseteam@consultant.com

 

 

You are advised to
contact your fiduciary claim agent with the following details to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications:

 

1. Full name:
______________________________________

 

2. Country:
________________________________________

 

3. Contact
Address__________________________________

 

4. Telephone Number:
_______________________________

 

5. Fax Number:
_____________________________________

 

7. Age
______________________________ __

 

8. Sex:
____________________________________________

 

10. Ticket number:
___________________________________

 

11, Lucky numbers:
___________________________________

 

12, Serial numbers:
__________________________________ _

 

13, Winning code:
_______________________________________

 

14, Occupation:
____________________________________

 

Our special thanks
and gratitude to American on Line association. We wish you the best of luck as
you spend your good fortune in this season.

 

Thank you for being
part of our commemorative year 2010 conference Draws.

 

Do not reply to this
email because you might not be attended to; kindly contact your fiduciary agent
directly on ukreleaseteam@consultant.com
for further directions

 

============================================================

Confidentiality
Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of
the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential and privileged information.
Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you
are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and
destroy all copies of the original message

 

Mrs. Bryan Mc Donald

American on Line 

Vice President

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