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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: WINDOWSLIVE CONSUMER GRANTS AWARD <windowsliveconsumergrantsaward@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 21:47:05 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: 2011 YAHOO,HOTMAIL,GMAIL,AOL,WINDOWSLIVE AND MSN GRANTS AWAED!!!



________________________________




 
 
   

Dear Internet User!!

  
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the draws held on 06of November, 2011 in United Kingdom yearly Award promotion.In regards, we are happily to announced to you that you E-mail Address has won a Brand New Laptop with Cash prize £100,000.00
GBP [One Million Great British Pounds] for the  which is Organized by YAHOO, GMAIL, AOL & WINDOWSLIVE. MSN this 2011 YAHOO and MICRO SOFT collects all the email addresses of the
people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to
Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other E-mail providers. Your Email
Address was selected by the Microsoft Corporation which Always Supplied
this Company With Fifty Thousand Email Addresses of  Active Internet
Users Yearly. And Your Email Address was Submitted as one of the Active
Internet Users for the year 2011 grants award. Which was was among the 10 Lucky winners who won this year 2011 grants awards.

However, your Email was attached to Ticket number (4XB21QW2011) and Ballot BT Number: 3976041401). The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of 999,000,000 E-mail addresses of individuals
and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer
search from the internet. Meanwhile, no tickets were sold but all email
addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation
and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 999,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the
continents of the world.This Lottery is approved by the European Prize
Consumer Award Promotion and also licensed by the International
Association of Gaming to encourage internet users.

In other to claim your prize winning, you will have to fill the form
below and send it to the Coordinator Manager/Payout officer @ claimconsumergrants2011@live.co.uk

PERSONAL INFO'S

1.NAME: ________________________________
2.AGE : _________________________________
3.SEX: _________________________________
4.ADDRESS: ____________________________
5.STATE: _______________________________
6.PHONE NUMBER:_______________________
7.OCCUPATION :________________________
8.COUNTRY: ___________________________
9.NATIONALITY: _________________________
10.AMOUNT WON: ______________________
11.WINING E-MAIL ADDRESS: _______________
12.TICKET NUMBER: __________________________
12.BALLOT [BT] NUMBER:__________________________



CHOOSE AN OPTION IN WHICH YOU ARE TO GET THE ENTITLEMENT PAID,AS FOLLOW:

1*Cash Delivery To Your Home Address:__________________________


2*Bank Transfer:___________________________________


3*You Come Down To Our Office England-UK:______________________


 
 YOUR'S IN SERVICE,
MR.ANDREW KHAN BOYCE 
[FUND MANAGER]

TEL:+447(0)31887829
TEL:+447(0)31897702


CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, FOR BEEN PART OF ACTIVATED INTERNET USERS FOR THE YEAR 2011 GRANTS AWARD!!!


We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account.

Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!.

You select how to transfer the prize money to you:



NOTE: NOBODY WILL TOUCH YOUR PRIZE FOR ANY REASON AND AN AFFIDAVIT OF FACT AND CLAIM WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE
BANK BY THE COURT BEFORE THE BANK CAN RELEASE YOUR PRIZE.
See what's happening on Yahoo.com today. Do you Yahoo!?

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