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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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Fraud email example:

From: Microsoft Lottery <lotto_euroamerican@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:39:10 -0500
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION



FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY, UK

3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD
E-mail:admin@ms-wordpromos.com
REF NO: MSW-L/200-334841
BATCH: 2005MJL-01

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the MICROSOFT WORD E-MAIL MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on 4th feb 2005. Your company or your personal e-mail address is attached to winning number 02-10JAN-2005-02MSW, with serial number S/N-00179 drew the lucky numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first lottery category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP 1,000,000.00 POUNDS in cash credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-334841 This is from total prize money of GBP 7,000,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty (5) international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn form 21,000 names, 3,000 names from each continent, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, which is conducted once in every four years for our prominent MS WORD users all over the world, and for the continues use of E-mail. We are sorry to let you know that our site is still under construction,as we are updating our site and our windows 2005.
Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account with our affiliate bank here in UK, and insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/200-334841 and your E-mail address, Please note that, you are to contact us via email as we are promoting the use of E-mail,You have the right to call the bank, as we will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim your prize. You are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public, until you have been processed and your money remitted to your personal account.
We hope with your prize,you will be happy to promote the use of E-mail and the use of MS WORD.
To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email for processing and remittance of your prize money to you. Your assigned claims officer contact email is:
Name: Jack Harold
E-mail: claimsagent@mswordpromotions.com
He is to help you in claiming your due prize. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the 5th of march, 2005. All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date will be penalized accordingly.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Monica Lopez
For MS WORD LOTTO UK;
Any winner below the age of 18years is automatically disqualified
NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately.
SPONSORS:
CHIEF SPONSOR;
MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS UK, MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS ASIA MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS USA,
ALPHA PRIVATE BANK UK, ALPHA EXPRESS DELIVERIES UK.


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