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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: MRS.GRACE SANDER <sandferfghcxd@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mrrichardlioyd@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:34:25 +0000
Subject: Ref No: 919347/749-0





The Microsoft Award TeamMorley House, 26-30 Holborn Viaduct,London EC1A 2BP.U.K.Batch No: 3566465021-0TA/06.Ref No: 919347/749-0Winning No: 7-28-87-65-69-73. CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!Dear Lucky Winner, The prestigious Microsoft / MSN has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the year 2009 anniversary. Rolled out over US$ 300,000,000.00 (Three Hundred Million U. S Dollars Only) for this year’s Anniversary Draws. Email addresses of participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of internet web hosting which we enjoy their patronage. The MICROSOFT 2009 PROMOTIONS was held on the month of January 2009 in Stamford Bridge Stadium, London United Kingdom . Your email address has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of (US$ 1 Million) One Million United States Dollars Only in cash credited to File KTU/9023118308/03. To file for your claim, please contact your Claims Agent immediately through his contact information as follows: Name: Mr. Richard Lioyd. Tel: +(44)70359 42354 Email: mr.richardlioyd@hotmail.com or mrrichardlioyd@gmail.com Please provide the following details for processing of your claim.VERIFICATION FORM. 1, Names in full: 2, Country of Residence: 3, Nationality: 4, Residential Address: 5, Date of Birth/Age: 6, Marital Status/Sex: 7, Telephone /Fax No: 8, Mobile No: 9, Occupation: 10, Company name:11, Monthly Income: 12, Amount Won: 13, Email address: 14, Ref No: 15, Winning No: Yours Faithfully, Mrs. Grace Sander. Online coordinator for MICROSOFT UK ON-LINE PROMOTIONS. Sweepstakes International Program. Copyright © 1994-2009 The Microsoft UK Online LotteryInc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines. Microsoft has obtained your contact details from public internet sources. We thought that you could be attracted to be part of this promotion with our company © Copyright 2009 Microsoft Lottery promotion All Right Reserve"

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