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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: rosemary@rosemary31.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:39:21 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: AWARD NUMBER:NL 56/7765


AWARD NUMBER:NL 56/7765
FROM THE DESK OF THE MICROSOFT
COORDINATOR {MICROSOFT GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY}
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS.
FILE REF:HL/5564/06/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

DEAR WINNER:

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a suprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft,in conjunction with the Foundation for the Promotion of Software products,(F.P.S.), held on the 4th of June 2007,in Amsterdam The Netherlands.

Wherein your electrononic email address emerged as one of the online winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of 1,000,000.00Euros(One Million Euros only).

Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category.They are arranged in this format below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 1,000,000:00euros each
2nd. 8 800,000:00euros each
3rd. 13 470,000:00euros each
4th. 27 170,000:00euros each


We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more informations concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you.

It is important to note that your award information was released with the following particulars attached to it.

(1) Award Number: NL 56/7765
(2) Email Ticket Number: NL553/26/96
(3) Batch Number: MC11/834/5PDH /EU
(4) The File Reference Number: HL/5564/40/07/MICS
(5) Serial Number: McST/006/NL4657
(6) Lottery Code: MCST 002/54-007

For verification purposes be sure to include:
(1) Your mailing address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
{4}Your Full Names


To file for your claim,Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-one working days of this winning notification.Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-one working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid.You are required to mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent validate your winning.

CONTACT INFORMATIONS:
**************************************************************
NAME: MR.VICTOR ROY BOSMAN.
FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT(NL).
Tel: +31-616-939-667
Fax: +31-847-306-332.
E-mail: agentbosman@aim.com
**************************************************************
The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by a consortium of Software Promotion Companies.The Intel Group,Toshiba,Dell Computers and other International Companies.The Microsoft Internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.


Once again on behalf of all our staff,


CONGRATULATIONS!

Yours faithfully,
Rosemary Van Ken (Mrs)
MICROSOFT E-MAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION COORDINATOR.

Copyright © 1994-2007 The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards Promotion Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline.



















































































































































































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