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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: "Dr. Terry B Carthy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <award_notifi2010@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:39:44 -0400
Subject: Microsoft Award Promotion

Dear E-mail User,

Your email has just won the sum of 1000,000.00 GBP in cash credited to a file in

the just concluded Microsoft International Lottery Award Programme held 11th of

June,2010====================================

Your e-mail address attached to:
Winner Pin No:5388/10.
Secret No:089188/10
Winning Date: 3rd June,2010
=============================================
1. Full Name 2. Address: 3.Age/Gender 4. Occupation 5.Nationality 6.Phone Number

7.Amount Won. Send details to Fiduciary Agent: Dr. Andrew Richardson
PHONE: +447045729743,

Note:All Reponse should be sent to Agent via EMAIL:award_notifi2010@yahoo.cn

Dr. Terry B Carthy
(Microsoft Award Promotion Coordinator)

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