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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: "Yahoo/Msn Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ukdpt2010@live.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 01:47:51 +0530
Subject: 2010 Microsoft & Yahoo! Inc

Batch number.......ZA09133GD
Ref number........ZQ34455DG
Winning number.....ZX09789DG

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds (£750,000.00) for the month of August 2010 Lottery promotion, which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email Addresses of the people that are active online, among the million That subscribed to INTERNET we only select five people every Month as our Winners through electronic balloting System without the winner Applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to Contact the events manager; send your winning fund.

Forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your Claims:

1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Mobile Number:
4. Sex:
5. Age:
6. Occupation:
7. Country of Residence:

(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name: Mr. Brown Walter
Email: msndpt2010@hotmail.com
Telephone: +4470359 34248

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Sharon Cole.

© 2010 Microsoft & Yahoo! Inc

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