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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: kylepenn1@mchsi.com (The Microsoft Group)
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:29:47 +0000
Subject: Prize Award Notification

Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10,United Kingdom.
Ref: BTD/968/07
Batch: 409978E

Microsoft Award Team

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND POUNDS (£500,000) for the month of April 2007 Lottery promotion
which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that
are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we
only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting
System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the
people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to faciliate
the protocol of your winning prized before the date of Claim, Winners
Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre Prize must
be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after
the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this
period will be forfeited.These are your identification numbers:

Batch number...................12/25/0340
Reff number.......................MSN-L/200-26937
Winning number...................YM09788

To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent
assigned
to you

Mr.Terri Martins.
1290 LONDON Representative Office.
E-mail:mslclaimagent@yahoo.co.uk

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims agent
to facilitate them and in order for them to have access in proceeding with the
tranaferred of your funds to your nominated bank account.

1. Full name............
2. Country..............
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation.............
7. Age....................

Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw
Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed
within this period will be forfeited.

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs.Peggy Heinz.
(Operation Manager)

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