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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: "Grace Richardson" <info_alert@latinmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 12:21:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: YOU WON OUR PRIZE


OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS
NEW YEAR PROMOTION RESULTS DRAWINGS/NOTIFICATION.

ATTENTION
RESULT CONFIRMATION MLTT/MTU/2007TN FOR REF. NUMBER MCS/231OXI/05

Congratulations! You are among the ten (10) randomly selected for the New Year Microsoft Lottery 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/2007/04, lottery ref number MCS/231OXI/05 and drew lucky numbers: 03, 07, 15, 38, 43, 47 and bonus ball 32 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.
Apparently, 10 individual email addresses were selected to receive from a total cash prize of 8.5 million pounds. You have therefore been approved for the total sum of 850,000 (eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds) in cash credited to file MLTT/MTU/2007TN.
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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 Address:
10. Alternative Email Address:
11. Mode of Payment (Mark X for Proffered Method)
(a)Bank Wire Transfer ( )
(b)Cheque Delivery ( )

CLAIMS AGENT

Mr. Luis Andrade,
OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS
2 Transford Ave, Plough Place
London EC4A 1DE.
E-Mail: agent_luis_andrade09@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: 447031973594
Fax/PH: 447092880764
Fax/PH: 447092875166


Remember, all winning in this First category must be claimed not later than 30th of June 2007. 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 fiduciary agent within one week of receipt of this notice.
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,
MRS. GRACE RICHARDSON,
COORDINATOR GENERAL
OVERSEA SUBSCRIBER'S AGENT PROMOTION
1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE
UNITED KINGDOM.
____________________________________________________________________
Copyright ©2007 Microsoft® Lottery Promotions. All rights reserved.




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