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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 INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS" <surfpromosawareness@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:35:53 -0500
Subject: !!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.

WINNING NOTIFICATION.
Online draw | Cash file Number: MSW/441-79534, 31st May 2007 08:48:29
*** THIS IS AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS ***

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
UNITED KINGDOM. 61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
REFERENCE NO: MSW/800-78561
BATCH NO: 754523WL98
WINNER NO: 97713504

!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.

DEAR STAR WINNER,

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness
Promotion Department of the MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL, wishes to congratulate
you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' MICROSOFT
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS Promotion, held on the 31st of May, 2007, in London,
England.
Your personal email address or company email was attached to
Microsoft-World wide with a ticket number M/L9918609 Drew the lucky number
472-88-9214X, and consequently qualifiers you in the first lottery category.

To receive the amount credited (USD$ 1,500,000,00) Payable in cash, this is
from the total prize of USD$ 25,000,000, Shared among the luckey
international winners.

All participants were selected from worldwide website especially from our
Microsoft computer ballot system drew 21,000 Names from eash content
CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND
OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM,
WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORD USERS ALL OVER THE
WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.
Be inform that you have right to call the claim agent to confirm your
winning information and claim, As he will provide you the necessary details
on how to claim your prize.
As part of our security protocol you are to quote this security Code
(MWL/XXM/FEB06) to the paying bank, this is to prevent scam.
Please contact our remittamce bank (SNSBANK BV) in the Netherlands branch
for claim of fund:
***************************************************************************
*******
SNS Hypotheek Bank NL
Contact Person: Dr. Peter Van Colman
Bank Email: snsbank@o2.pl
Website: www.snsbank.nl
Nieuwe Parklaan 125,2804 AR Den Haag
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-616-211-231
Fax: +31-847-204-981
***************************************************************************
*******
Endeavour to contact our claim agent with the following information's:
VERIFICATION FORM:
1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) COMPANY:
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:
13.) SERIAL NUMBER:
14.) AMOUNT WON:
15) WINNING NO: AND SECURITY CODE:
CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF
MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR
BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND
GRATITUDE TO BILL GATE OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING
POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.
SINCERELY,


Engr. Martin Smith
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

THE MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


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