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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: FROM: THE DESK OF THE MICROSOFT PROMOTIONS MANAGER
Reply-To: clamingagents06@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:44:35 -0500
Subject: PLS READ YOU ARE ONE OF OUR EMAIL ADDRESS LUCKY WINNERS

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MICROSOFT PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
61-70 SOUTHAMPTON ROW, BLOOMSBURY LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM WC1B 4AR.

REF.:PEC/9030108308/07.
Batch: 15/76/EF36.
Serial No: SALP97585.
FILE No: B665 75608567.
Security code: ZA/183/RR

ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER : UNITED KINGDOM

ATTN: WINNER,

Microsoft Corporation management worldwide is pleased to inform you
that you are a winner of our annual MICROSOFT USER AWARD-Lottery
conducted in UNITED KINGDOM .

Your personal e-mail address or company email was attached to
Serial No: SALP97585. Consequently winning in the first lottery category.

You have therefore been approved for a total sums of £800,000 (Eight Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds) Credited to FILE No: B665 75608567. With REF.:PEC/9030108308/07. This is from total prize money of £60,000,000,
shared among the Seventy-five (75) lucky Worldwide winners in first category.

All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system,
drawn from Canada, Asia, Australia, United States, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania .As part of international MICROSOFT USER
promotions program, this is conducted annually.

CALL OR CONTACT CLAIM OFFICE THROUGH EMAIL
Mr. John Fred.
PROMOTION MANAGER.

157-197 Buckingham palace roads
London sw1w 9sp

Tel/Fax: +44 7024 061 946
Tel/Fax: +44 7031 837 891
Email: clamingagents06@yahoo.fr

Remember, all prize money must be claimed within 30 days of this
notification. All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date
will
be returned as unclaimed and donated to charity organizations.
Congratulations, once more from the entire management and staff of
Microsoft corporation to all our lucky winners this year.
Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

MRS. BROWN CATHY

(SECRETARY)

AWARD SPONSORS
MICROSOFT CORPORATION.

Please call your claim agent if your mail was not responded to within 24 hours:

PLEASE SEND A COPY OF YOUR CONTACT INFORMATIONS TO BOTH EMAILS PROVIDED ABOVE.

1, Full Names:
2, Date of birth:
3, Present Contact Address:
4, Country Of Residence:
5, Tel/Fax:
6, Your Winning serial and ref. no.:
7, Winning Email address:
8, Occupation
9, Sex:
10 Total amount won: £800,000 ONLY
11.Marital Status:

For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL

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