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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 AWARD 2010" <info@msn.net>
Reply-To: awarddepartmentmicrosoftcompany@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:57:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A3250=2C000.00_?=

Dear: e-Mail Winner,

The WINDOWS LIVE & MICROSOFT WINDOWS has set out and successfully

organized a Sweepstakes marking the beginning of year anniversary.

We rolled out over 10,000.000.00 (10 million e-mails) to mark the 2010

Anniversary Draws.Participants for the draws were randomly selected

and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their BETA

patronage attaching personalized email addresses to TICKET

No:20511465463-7644.which subsequently won you £250,000.00 pounds as

one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw.contact our fiduciary agent

below

Mr James Mark
Email: awarddepartmentmicrosoftcompany@yahoo.com.hk
Telephone: +447024087599 +447031950652 +447024066883

Provide him with the information below:

1.Name.
2.Address.
3.Nationality.
4.Age.
5.Occupation.
6.Phone/Fax.

Yours in service,
The Award Team
(Microsoft Corporation)
DR.Dennis Julius




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