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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: "Filipe Leoncio Braga" <leoncio@ita.br>
Reply-To: msoftedition@hawamail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 04:10:52 -0300
Subject: Attn::Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incorporation Winner!!!

Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incorporation
10 Bina Gardens,South Kensington,
London.United Kingdom.

Dear Winner,

Identification Numbers
Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Ref number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788

This is to inform you that you have won a prize of £1,000,000.00 GBP{One
Million Great Britain Pounds} for the month of February 2011.YAHOO&MSN
MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are
active online.Among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only
select five people every year as our winners through electronic balloting
System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the
persons selected.

***PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM***

You are to contact your Claims Agent on or
before your date of Claim,Winners Shall be
paid in accordance with his/
her Settlement Centre.

CLAIMS REQUIREMENT

FULL NAME:......................

AGE:...................................

SEX:........................................

HOME ADDRESS:.....................

COUNTRY/STATE:...................

NATIONALITY:.........................

WINNING EMAIL:...................

PHONE :...................................

MOBILE:...................................

OCCUPATION:......................

You are requested to contact EVENTS AGENT MANAGER,send your winning
identification numbers,fill the claim information above and send it to them
atthis contact address below.

Mr. Thomas Lampard
Microsoft Promotion Award Team®
Phone:+44703-187- 3827
E MAIL: msoftedition2@hawamail.com

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and associates.Accept our
hearty congratulations once again.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Tessy Castrol
Head Of Council
Verifications Dept.

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