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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: "MICROSOFT CORPORATION" <microsoft_corporation_windows_vista@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:41:17 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FELICITATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOTTERY MICROSOFT CORPORATION


Bonjour Mr / Mme
Nous vous contactons par cette pr=E9sente pour vous informer de votre
gain =E0 la LOTTERY MICROSOFT CORPORATION.
Ceci n'=E9tant donc pas un spam, ni un virus, veuillez trouver en fichi=
er
joint votre notification de gain.
Cordialement.

Mr. Davids Johnson
Directeur des Op=E9rations=20
LOTTERY MICROSOFT CORPORATION
0044 70 31 915 467

Maitre Claude Hamza
Cel : 00225 04 27 79 30
Fax: 00225 21 36 39 65
E-mail : cabinet_maitre_claude_hamza@yahoo.fr

El cine latino llega al Festival de Cannes. =A1No te pierdas la gran ci=
ta del entretenimiento! http://mx.starmedia.com/entretenimiento/especia=
les/cannes.html

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