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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: "Account Depth" <account_depth@excite.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 15:39:27 +0800
Subject: ........XMAS AND NEW YEAR BONANZA......

XMAS AND NEW YEAR BONANZA CONTACT THE PAYING BANK REF NO:MSW/56B672GH/L

STAATS LOTERIJ/MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION:UK/ASIA.


Finally today, we announce the winners of the MICROSOFT/STAATS LOTERIJ MEGA
JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on Monday,26th November , 2007. Your
company or your personal e-mail address, attached to winning number
23-76-06-54-42-100, With serial number 647489, consequently won in the Tenth
lottery category.

You have been approved for lump sum pay out of $1,500,000 USD in cash Credited
to file REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100.
Selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized
email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email
addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.


The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an
exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies
picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.

No ticket were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy.

This is to encourage our prominent Microsoft Internet Explorer users all over
the world this is to encourage users to Continues the use of E-mail and non
users to try and use emails.

Your fund has been deposited with the paying bank with your REF NO:
MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100.

To claim your winning prize, you should contact the paying Bank by email for
Processing and remittance of your winning funds to you.

The Claims Processor:
Name: Mrs. Natasha Melvin
For:
Dr. Mas Anderson
Claim Department
Southern Finance Bank
Email: account_dept@mail2Finance.com

Do email the above email address all at once. In order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and winning
numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer.

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially
your ticket number and ballot number.
(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained)


PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR
WINNING PRIZE:
1.Full Name:..............................................................
2.Address:.................................................................
3.Nationality:............................................................
4.Age:.........................Date of Birth:............................
5.Occupation:.............................................................
6.Phone:...............Phone 2:...................Fax:.................
7.State of Origin:......................Country:........................
8.Sex.......................................................................


Sincerely,
Mrs. Maurrine H. Diane
Secretary



Dr. Phillip George
Online Co-ordinator


LOTTERY SPONSOR
Microsoft Corporation U.K./ASIA





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