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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 Promotion" <mawdcrop@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: microsoftawardpromo2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:06:30 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS EMERGED AS A WINNER IN THE MICROSOF PROMO

Microsoft
MSN 
 
Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E
 

Dear Winner,

               WINNING NOTIFICATION
The prestigious Microsoft and has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the New Year  2007 anniversary we rolled out over £1,000.000.00 (One  million Great Britain Pounds) for this year Anniversary Draws. Those whose Email address were chosen for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.
 
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Microsoft are now the largest Internet company and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft are now currently running an e-mail beta test and also create a new vision of window known as window vista.
 
 Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you £100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds)  as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 5th of April 2007. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent
 
Mr George Simmons
Microsoft Promotion Award Team

Email: microsoftawardpromo2007@yahoo.co.uk  
Phone:+44-701-113-0955
            +44-701-113-0957
            
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
 
Your Full Names
Your Country
Ticket Numbers
Batch Numbers
Serial Numbers
Lucky Numbers
 
As indicated in this winning Notification and Phone numbers.Thank you for being part of this promotional award programme.
 
Our special Thanks and Gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish you thebest of luck as you spend your good fortune.
 
Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of the year Anniversary Draws.
 
Sincerely,
Dr. Bryan McDonald
Microsoft Promotion Team
.
MSN 
Microsoft 


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