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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: sweepstake.2010agency@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:40:02 +0200
Subject: Microsoft Euro Lottery Winner



MICROSOFT/EURO MILLIONS S.A LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
PRETORIA.
(¡) REFERENCE: 67/80/IPD
( ¡¡)BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782

Finally today, the result of winners of the Microsoft/Euro millions
Spanish Lottery International E-mail programs held on the 28TH OF
DECEMBER 2006 was announced. Your company or your personal e-mail
address attached to ticket number 653-908-321-675 with serial main
number 345-790-241-671 drew lucky star numbers 34-32-90-43-32 which
consequently won in the 2ND category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of ¤ 1.000.000.00 Euros.(One Million
Euros).
CONGRATULATIONS!!! .
Selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over
1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email
addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated
random computer search from the internet.
No ticket were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
This is to encourage our prominent Microsoft Internet Explorer users
all over the world. this is to encourage users to Continues the use
of E-mail and non users to try and use emails. Microsoft Electronic
Mail Lottery is approved and Licensed by the The International
Association of Lotteria ( IAL). And ensure to keep your winning
information from the public until your winning award is finally
credited into your designated account of your choice.
(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained.

To claim your winning prize, you should contact the office by email
for Processing and remittance of your winning funds to you, Email:
libertyoffice3@gmail.com
The Claims Officers:
NAME:MRS MARIA WILLIAMS
For:
DR.TOM BLATT,
LIBERTY SECURITY COMPANY S.A
28015, PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA.
Email: libertyoffice4@gmail.com
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than two weeks, 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 Reference number and
Batch numbers in all correspondence with the claims officer.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our
agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program. We hope with part of your
winning you will take part in our end of year 50 millions Euro
International lottery.
Sincerely yours,
MRS,COMFORT JOSE
Director Online International Promotions Unit/Lottery Co-ordinator.
N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 14 working days from today.
2.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
3.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.



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