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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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Fraud email example:

From: MICROSOFT CASH PROMOTION AWARD <resourcenotice_92desk@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mailfedrickdepp@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:28:59 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL RANDOMLY SELECTED(POWERED BY MICROSOFT WINDOWS)





Microsoft Cash Promotion Award
20 Craven Park, Harlesden

London NW10
United Kingdom

Ref: (MIC/WS68768P/68)
Batch:(0094/AM6880)

Dear Consolation Price Winner,

CONSOLATION PRICE WINNING NOTICE
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (500,000) Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterlings for the month of July 2007 Cash promotion Award which is organized by Microsoft Windows INC
Microsoft Windows,collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo,Aol and Hotmail and others and 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 this office for futher instruction on how to claim your prize with this information

WINNING INFO:

Amount Won 500,000.00 Great Britain Pounds Sterlings
Batch Number:0094/AM6880
Winning Number: MCPA09788
Reference Number: MIC/WS68768P/68


CONTACT INFO:
Name:Mr Fedrick Depp
Email: mailfedrickdepp@yahoo.co.uk
Phone Number: +44-703-590-2906


Note:The Verification and Claims form should be filled and sent to the cash promo award manager who will immediately commerce process to facilitate the transfer of your fund to you.For security reason you are advice to keep your winning information confidential till your won price is processed and transferred to you.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.
VERIFICATION AND CLAIMS INFORMATION FORM.

Full Name:
Sex:
Marital Status:
Country:
Contact Address:
Age:
Telephone Number:
Occupation:
Amount won:
Batch Number:
Reference Number:
Winning Number:
Valid Identification for payment purpose i.e International passport or drivers license(scaned copy)


Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.Microsoft Cash Promotion Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification,that is after the Draw date in which Prize was won.Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.



Once again congratulations from the management of the Microsoft Cash Promotion on your consolation price winning,we hope that you will use the winning for good cause.

Congratulations!! once again.Yours in service,


MR. Silviu Hotaran
(General Manager Europe)

POWERED BY MICROSOFT WINDOWS



CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The document accompanying this transmission may contain confidential health information that is legally privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity mail address above. The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation and is required to destroy the information after its stated need has been fulfilled.If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of these document is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately and arrange for the return or destruction of these document.

© 2007 Microsoft Windows Reserved.
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