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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: Steven Howard <stevenhoward_260@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:43:03 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification Ref: UK/9420X2/68



The National Lottery
International Prize Award Department
PO Box 1010
Liverpool 170 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
website:www.national-lottery.co.uk

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

ATTENTION LUCKY WINNER.

We happily announce to you the draw (#974) of the Uk National Lottery, online Sweepstakes International program held on Thursday, 22nd jun 2008. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: ( 4 ) ( 7 ) ( 29 ) ( 30 ) ( 42 ) ( 44 ) ( 39 )
(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the first category i.e match 6 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GBP800.000 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured to your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award top secret from public notice until your claim has been processed as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking of advantage of this program by participants.

All participants were selected through computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa, Middle East and North America as part of our International Promotion Program which we conduct once every year. we hope with a part of your prize, you will take part in our end of the year high stake GBP1.3 Billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for Validation of your winning within nine working days of this winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to mention the above particulars
of your award in every correspondence to enable the Agent in VietNam to validate your winning

Contact:


Foreign Transfer Manager
Name Mr. Steven Howard
Microsoft Security Department Viet Nam.
TEL: + 84 (0)-984-655-595
E-mail:stevenhowardd@msn.com


First Name:

Second Name:

Age:

Nationality:

Occupation:

Contact Address:

Phone Number:

Fax:

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 22nd day of December 2008. After this date, all funds will be returned to the Ministry of Economy as unclaimed.

NOTE: in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch number in every of your correspondence with us or your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

This lottery program was organized and sponsored by MSN, Microsoft Inc, Toshiba, Multi Choice and other corporate Organizations to improve the use of computer software's and for the benefit of every Microsoft user.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely.
Dr Philip Collins
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.

Warning !!! You must be 16 or over to claim a prize


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