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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 NATIONAL AWARD <info@msn.org>
Reply-To: prinnketgraffin.m18@googlemail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:10:58 -0500
Subject: YOU HAVE WON 750,000 POUNDS

MICROSOFT NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services)

PRIZE AWARD WINNER 2010 EDITION,

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement that you are one of our first quarter winners of the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY,international Lottery programs.

The selection was made from the list of over 990,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of three winners in the category \"A\" with the following winning informations: You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling.

REF No: L/200-26937
BATCH No: 2007MJL-01

To file for your claim, Contact the processing
Consultant:

Dr.Pinkett Griffin
TEL:+44-704-572-8649
Email: prinnketgraffin.m18@googlemail.com

Do fill out the claims form to Dr.Prinkett Griffin in other to process the claims of your prize without delay.

Payment Processing Form:

1.Full names:____________________
2.Address:_______________________
3.Sex:___________________________
4.Age:___________________________
5.Marital status:________________
6.Occupation:____________________
7.E-mail address:________________
8.Telephone number:_________Fax__
9.Country________________________

Sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Wood



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