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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: MICRO SOFT <info_2007managements_claims@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 00:17:23 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re:CONGRATULATION


Attention:Fredrika Hirsch ,

This office is in receipt of your mail as one of our Microsoft International Lottery Programm Winners.

In accordance with the above mentioned you are advised to send your informations to enable us start processing your claims as this office has been appointed to process your winning.

We are doing all we can to make sure the beneficiaries that was zoned to our Regional Co-ordinting office to gets their money through our payment office in London as soon as possible.

Hence the reason we are asking for your data is for us to prepare your claims where you may make your choice of settlement center.

To that effect for our record purpose and yours, You are to fill the form below, to enable us file in your name for payment,please do provide the following informations:

1:YOUR FULL NAMES:....................................
2:YOUR SEX:...........................................
3:YOUR ADDRESS:.......................................
4:YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:..............................
5:YOUR FAX NUMBER:....................................
6:YOUR OCCUPATION:...................................
7:YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:.................................
8:YOUR AGE:............................................
9:AMOUNT WON..........................................
10:BACTH NUMBER........................................
11:REF NUMBER..........................................
12:WINNING NUMBER......................................

Provide the following immediately so we can start processing your payment.
Once again congratulations!!!.

Best Regards,
Mark Smith

Fredrika Hirsch <fredrika.hirsch_@germanmail.info> wrote:
Dear Sir,

I am very sorry but my English is not so great.

I might have already emailed you regarding a confidential matter. Would you please read the enclosed email and communicate to me whether everything is in order? I am unclear of the next move to take.

Thank you.

Fredrika Hirsch

--- Forwarded email ---
Microsoft Lottery Incorporation
Baley House Har Road
Sutton Greater London
SM1 4te
United Kingdom.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of one
Million Great Britain Pound Sterlings £1 000 000.00 for the year
2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by Microsoft Lottery
Incorporation.

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


You are to contact the events manager on or before your date of Claim
Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement
Centre.Microsoft Lottery Incoperation Prize must be claimed no later
than 30 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.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788


These numbers fall within your Location file you are requested to
contact the events manager send your winning identification numbers
to him to enable him verify your claims.How ever you will have to fill
and submit this form to the events manager for verification &
direction on how you can claim your winning fund.

1. Full name..............
2. Contact Address........
3. Age....................
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Sex....................
7. Next Of Kin............
8. Zip Code...............
9. Occupation.............
10. Company................
11.State:.................
12.Country................
13.Nationality............
14. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:

CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER
Name:Mr.Mark Smith
Email: info_2007managements_claims@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully
Mr.Philip Clark
Microsoft Lottery Incorporation Coordinator .


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