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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "atmcardoffer@live.com" (this email address looks like addresses used in "ATM SWIFT card" scams)
- "atmcardoffer@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "msnetworkprocess20@info.lt" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "msnetworkprocess20@info.lt" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447035947391 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?MICROSOFT=AE?=" <info@msn.co.uk>
Reply-To: msnetworkprocess20@info.lt
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 05:24:22 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Confirm Receipt

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI and the EFCC has gathered information
from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC) on how you have lost
outrageous sums of money to these imposters, As a result of this we hereby
advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us.

Records show that you are among one of the individuals who are yet to
receive their overdue payment from overseas which, to redeem your fund you
are hereby advised to contact Dr. James Parker of the ATM Card Center via
email for the needed requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of
Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release.

Contact Information
UN Clearance Officer (ATM Card Center)
Name: Dr. James Parker
Email::(atmcardoffer@live.com)MICROSOFT®
(Uk. Regional Office)
Microsoft Building, Wright Lane,
Kensington London W85sp.

Winner No. 006,
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but
please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your
success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft Corporation,in
conjunction with the Promo held on the 22ND of May 2010, in United kingdom,
You were selected for the prize of £850,000.00 (Eight Hundred And Fifty
Thousand Great British Pounds) In the fifth category .

It is important to note that your award was released with the following
particulars attached to it.
(1).File Number: F1267-2010
(2).Reff. Code :KP23/857/MCL5 /CO
(3).Grant Number: MICC/97846563459/206.

For Validation Purpose Besure To Include The Following Information Below.
.Full Names:
.Residential address:
.Tel(Mobile):
.Nationality/Country:
.Age/Sex:
.Occupation/Position:
.Amount Won:

Contact Claims processing Officer With Below Information:

CLAIM PROCESSING OFFICER: Barry Prince
EMAIL: msnetworkprocess20@info.lt
TEL/FAX:+447-035-947-391

Soon As The Above Information is Received Through E-mail:
msnetworkprocess20@info.lt, You Will Be Duly Informed.

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