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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: "WINDOWS AWARD 2009." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <windowsclaimsdepartment4@gmx.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:20:04 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAS WON.

WINDOWS XP, VISTA AND MAC END OF YEAR ONLINE AWARD 2009

25 Canada Square,
Canary Wharf, E14 5LQ,
United Kingdom.

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you that you have won a prize money of
Eight Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling (800.000.00) for
online Sweepstakes International program held EVERY END OF YEAR
Lottery promotion which is organized by WINDOWS XP, VISTA AND MAC in
collects of all the emails addresses of the people that are active online,
among the millions that subscribed to Hotmail and other mail subscribers,
we only collect TEN EMAILS ADDRESSES every END OF YEAR as our lucky winners
through electronic balloting and this is the System without the winner applying,

we congratulate you for being one of the (Ten lucky winners) selected.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number:701968G
Ref number:BHD/973/06
Ticket Number:564 75899545-198.
To file your claims, please contact our
Fudiciary Agent with the information below,
========================================
Name : Mr DAVID BANKS
E-mail: windowsclaimsdepartment4@gmx.com
Telephone: (+44) 7513376910
========================================
1.FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:
2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3.DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
4.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS:
5.NAME AND ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:
6.SEX:
7.OCCUPATION:
8.MARITAL STATUS:
9.NATIONALITY:
10.Your Reference and Batch number:
11. AMOUNT WON:

Congratulations once more.
Faithfully,
Mrs. Dorothy Stevens,
Online Co-ordinator.
Copyright © windowsaward Ltd. ©2009

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