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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: "2010 Microsoft Award Promo United Kingdom" <info@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrjamespeterson2010@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 00:53:10 -0500
Subject: (CONGRATULATION!!! (Your Email Address=?ISO-8859-1?Q?_Have_Won_=A31?=,000.000.00 GBP)

Dear lucky winner,

This is to inform you that your email has won a consultation
prize of the Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW held 2010
your email won you
(£1,000,000.00) (One Million Great British Pounds

To claim your prize,please contact your fiduciary agent
Mr. James Peterson with your Batch#:409978E and Reference
No:FL/668530092 and contact him via email immediately within
24hrs with the information below.
Contact Peterson: Mr.James Peterson.
Microsoft Promotion Award Team Head
Winning Claims Dept.

Email: mrjamespeterson111@osoud.org

================================================================
CERTIFICATE OF PRIZE CLAIM(Receipt Official
Notification Letter)
===============================================================

1. Full Name.......................
2. Marital Status:...............
3. Occupation :..............
4. Age:..............
5. Sex:................
6. Nationality:...........
7. Tel:..............
8. You Home Address...............

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.
We wish you the best of luck. Thank you for being part of our promotional award
program and commemorative Anniversary Draws.

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