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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: "MICROSOFT AWARD LOTTERY 2006" <msw_notices9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: microsoft.officieragent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:46:04 +0000
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

 
          
 
THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,     
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT WORLD LOTTERY, UK
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree,
Liverpool, L30 1RD
REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01
 
                   ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
 
ATTENTION: WINNER,
        
                        We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the MICROSOFT WORD E-MAIL
MEGAJACKPOT LOTTERY POGRAMS held on 30th of August 2006.  Your Company or your personal e-mail address is attached to winning number 20-01-2005-02MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 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 (One  million pounds     sterling) in cash credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 This is from total prize money of GBP £10,000,000.00  POUNDS, shared among the Ten  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 user all over the world,and for the continuous 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 2006.
 
            Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account with our affiliate Bank
here in UK, and insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 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:   MR. HARRY BROWN
Tel:+44702 406 8610
      +44702 606 8838

E-mail: 
microsoft.officieragent@yahoo.co.uk
 
He is to help you in claiming your due prize. Remember, all prize money must
be claimed not later than the 10th of September
, 2006.   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.Any winner below the age of 18years is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Theresa Barnes.
For MS WORD LOTTO UK;
NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer directly immediately.
SPONSORS
MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS UK, MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS ASIA, MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS USA,
CITI BANK UK, CITIPAKCOURIR AND PORTLANDCOURIER.   
 
             


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