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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: Anna Patmalniece <annie@inbox.lv>
Reply-To: Annie@inbox.lv
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:47:58 +0200
Subject: =?US-ASCII?B?RndkOiBDT05HUkFUVUxUSU9OUw==?=







FROM THE DESK OF EUROMILLIONES - LOTTERYCOORDINATOR {MICROSOFT GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY}INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT .
FILE REF:HL/5564/06/07/MICSBATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

DEAR WINNER:It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a suprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following o fficial publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft,in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.), held on the 18th of December 2006,in spain.Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online winning emails in the 3rd category and therefore attracted a cash award of 350,000.00Euros(THree hundred and fifty thousand Euros only).Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category.They are arranged in this format below:CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES1st. 2 1,000,000:00euros each2ND. ; 8 750,000:00euros each3rd. 13 350,000:00euros each4Th. 27 170,000:00euros eachWe write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the
processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you.It is important to note that your award information was released with the following particulars attached to it.(1) Award numbers: NL 56/7765(2) Ema il ticket numbers: NL553/26/96(3) Batch numbers: MC11/834/5PDH /EU(4) The file reference numbers: HL/5564/06/07/MICS{5} Serial Numbers:McST/006/NL4657For verification purpose be sure to include:(1) Your mailing address.(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.(3) Your Nationality/Country.{4}Your Full NamesNOTEYOUR EMAIL WINNING FUND (CERTIFIED CHECK) HAS BEEN DEPOSITED INTO THE PAYOUT BANK WITH YOUR REF NO:HL/5564/06/07/MICS AND WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY. IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY ONE OF OUR CLAIM AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR ZONE (MR.ALIX OWEN). YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
OFFICER VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL , AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this winning notification.Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to mention the above particularsof your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent validate your winning.
CONTACT:*******************************************************************FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGERNAME MR.ALIX - OWENFENIX AGENCY CLAIM OFFICE(NL).TEL:+34-697-833-323. FAX:+34-917-109-294E-mail: fenixagency@aim.com********************************************************************
The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman,Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies.The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International Companies.The Microsoft Internet E-mail d raw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.CONGRATULATIONS! Once again on behalf of all our staff,Yours faithfully,JONY RAMON (Mrs) MICROSOFT E-MAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION COORDINATOR.


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