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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: WORLDWIDE MASTERCARD CUSTOMER SERVICE <w_customerservice@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 22:27:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF YOUR MASTERCARD / VISA CARD CUSTOMER SERVICE




FROM: THE DESK OF THE MASTER CARD WORLDWIDE PRESIDENT, ONLINE SWEEPSTAKE GRAND PRIZE PROMOTION INCONJUNTION WITH THE VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS AND PAYPAL.

Celebrating 48 years Anniversary !
Join the celebration of Master Card's 48 year anniversary of its brand with its largest promotion ever – The Master Card Million Great Britain Pounds Giveaway. Throughout the years, Master Card inconjuntion with the Visa, American Express and Payal has been trusted by millions of consumers and continues to be a brand consumers trust. Now Ten lucky consumer will become a millionaire!


Date: From 1st August - 31st November 2006

TICKET NO: 000456
WINNING DRAW: KB 8701/LPRC
REF: 575061725
BATCH NUMBER: 08564498903/789

AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE

Attn: Dr Reverend Isaac Beytah

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Master Card £1 Million Giveaway Online Sweepstake Lottery Grand Draw (lotto # 789) Promotion held on the 25th of August 2006 at the Master Card Financial Services Head Office at 39/F China Tower, 200 Yincheng Road Central, Pudong, Shanghai, 200121.

HOW THE WINNERS WERE SELECTED: The Promotion and Draw was fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their Credit Card Information, and how often the Credit Card owners uses their Master Card, Visa Card, American Express and Paypal to shop either online or at any shopping Mail. Also, the entire draws are divided into 3 Categories. The Master Card Sweepstake Lottery Draw was conducted from an exclusive list of Millions of Customers that are holders of the above listed credit cards or from the thousands of list of names and information which have been forwarded to us from various associties banks. These are informations of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer searched from our Online Credit Card records. No Ticket was sold. This Online draw was supervised by Marden-Kunde Inc an independent Judging Organization.

After this automated computer ballot, your information emerged as one of the Ten Potential (10) Grand Prize winners in the Category "B" with the following detail.


TICKET NO: 000456
WINNING DRAW: KB 8701/LPRC
REF: 575061725
BATCH NUMBER: 08564498903/789

Your name was attached to ticket number; 000456, winning draw and winning number as followed KB 8701/LPRC and 0-2-21-30-13-21. This batch numbers as follows 08564498903/789 bonus number 14,which consequently won the lottery in the "B" category.

HOW THE PRIZE WILL BE GIVEN: A totally of Ten Million Great Britain Pounds will be shared among the Ten winners, One Million Great Britain Pounds for each person. The Payment will be made in this Form. One Million Great Britain Pounds ( £1, 000, 000. 00) payable as an annuity with you receiving £100, 000 (One Hundred Thousand Pounds) a year for 10 years. Alternatively, As the winner you might choose to receive the fund in one (1) Lump. If you request to receive the Fund in One (1) Lump then you will be paid Seven Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Ten Pounds and forty-Two Sherlings ( £765, 610. 42). It all depend on the payment form you need. If Annuity, you will receive a total of One Million Pounds ( £1, 000, 000.00 ) but if you need the fund in One (1) Lump, you will receive Seven Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Ten Pounds and Forty-Two Sherlings ( £765, 610.42).

YOU ARE A WINNER!!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some participants.

To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the transfer of your prize is to be handled by our Prize Transfer agents. You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:

To file for your claim, please contact our Fiduciary Agent via email:

Charles Carlson CEO_mastercard@mail2President.com

Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claim. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to immediately contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winner for the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.Our Asia agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.


Please quote your Date of draw,Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize has been released to you and also to the public.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 15th of Novmber 2006; otherwise all funds will be forfited.

Sponsor: Master Card Financial Services, Inc., 200 Yincg Rd. Central, Pudong, Shanghai, 200121

Congratulations once again on your winning!

Mr. Robert Selander
CEO & President Worldwide MasterCard Customer Service


PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT : CEO_mastercard@mail2President.com

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION























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