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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: "Alya Ahmed Khalifa Masoud Shaikhan Al Hannaee (H00019943) "
<h00019943@hct.ac.ae>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:52:12 +0400
Subject:


MICROSOFT LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
WINNING NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred
Thousand Great Britain Pound Sterlings(£500,000.00) for the month of
July 2008 Lottery promotion which is organized by MICROSOFT LOTTERY
INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the email addresses of people that
are active online, among the millions that subscribed to INTERNET 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.

Contact him, please provide him with your batch number BATCH:
YM09102XM and your reference number REF NO: YM35447XM
Claims Requirements:


1.Name in full----------- 2.Address---------------------------
3.Nationality------------- 4.Age--------------------------------
5.Sex --------------------- 6.Occupation------------------------
7.Phone/Fax-------------- 8.Present Country--------------------

(CONTACT EVENT MANAGER).
Claims Agent: Mr Morris Cole
Contact Email:eventmanager_claimsdept@yahoo.com.hk

Your Sincerely
Mrs. Lane Watts.
Copyright © 2008 Microsoft Award Promo. All Rights Reserved.



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