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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: "OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS NEW YEAR PROMOTION 2006"
<agent_anderson11@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:53:43 +0000
Subject: RESULT CONFIRMATION MLTT/MTU/2006ETN FOR REF. NUMBER MCS/231OXI/06

OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS
NEW  YEAR PROMOTION 2006
20 Howard Barking London, 7UA11G
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer's Service Center)
Promoter: Microsoft®
Draw 1029
  THURSDAY 9th  MARCH 2006
ATTENTION
 
 
RESULT CONFIRMATION MLTT/MTU/2005ETN FOR REF. NUMBER MCS/231OXI/04
 
Congratulations! You are among the ten (10) randonly selected for the New  Year  draws  held in London. Selection was made using special software to generate valid email addresses at random from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world. All facilities and computer software were tested by Statisticians.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5224652456UT with serial number 5388/02, batch number 12L/2005/04, lottery ref number MCS/231OXI/04 and drew lucky numbers  06 - 13 - 17 - 23 -32 - 43  bonus ball  49  which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
Apparently, 10 individual email addresses were selected to recieved from a total cash prize of 8.5 million pounds. You have therefore been approved for the total sum of 850,000 (eight hundredand fifty thousand pounds) in cash credited to file MLTT/MTU/2005ETN.
==================================================================================
 
Please read and follow all enclosed instructions very carefully. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims 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 unscrupulous elements. You are to contact your fiduciary agent for further instruction on the prize/payment schedule.This lottery promo was held for the pupose of rewarding valuable internet users,as a way of saying thank you.
To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent with the below details:
Claims Requirements:.....................................................

1.Name in full:..........................................................

2.Address in full:...........................................................

3.Nationality:..................................
 
4.Age:..................................
 
5. Sex:........................................

6.Occupation:.......................................
 
7.Phone/Fax:............................................
 
8.Present Country:......................................
 
9.Email Adress:.....................................................

CLAIMS AGENT
Mr.FRANK ANDERSON
E-Mail: agent_anderson01@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +447031848078   
PH/Fax: +44-7092867563
             

 
Remember, all winning in this second category must be claimed not later than 28th of  February 2006. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members and staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note that you must contact your fidiciary agent within one week of receipt of this notice.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
 
Sincerely
MRS. DEBORAH COXXY
Coordinator Online Promotions .
____________________________________________________________________
Copyright © 2006 Microsoft Promotions. All rights reserved

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