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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: "Roger Miler" <prize56@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:31:41 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

@yahoo.co.uk

ASSOCIATION OF SOFTWARE INC
AWARD DEPARTMENT
9 Chaucer House
Churchill gardens
UK London, SW1V 3DW
United Kingdom.

WINNER! WINNER!! WINNER!!!

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 6thJanuary,2006.
Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the
6thJanuary,2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
4156189324 under agent ID: 10 which subsequently won you the lottery in the
3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $850,000.00
(Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) in cash drawn in your favor
as beneficiary and covered with HIGH IRREVOCABLE GUARANTY BOND POLICY.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and
your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unauthorized
persons.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn,
from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000
individual e-mail addresses and names from all over the world.
To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that has
been appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address
below:

CONTACT NAME: Williams Sisulu.
CITY/ COUNTRY: London, United Kingdom.
PHONE : +44 7023 0558 39
EMAIL: Verificationoffice@cosmo.com

Note: that all winning must be claimed not later than their deadline date of
receiving this notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be
included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your WINNING NUMBER in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible.The ASSOCIATION OF SOFTWARE INC is proudly sponsored by
a Diamond Company,located in Brazil in collaboration with the British Gaming
Board.

Also the ASSOCIATION OF SOFTWARE INC is held once in a year and it is
organized, because we are fast approaching the end of the year, so this
$850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) is a Christmas
prize to our lucky winners.And we are proud to say that over 200 Million
Pounds Sterling are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Once again,Congratulations.
Your Faithfully,
Roger Miller.


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