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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: YAHOO MICROSOFT <fishybubbles98@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mic2kay@sify.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: INTERNATIONAL. INC




2010 Internet lottery programmer your E-mail have won ($500,000.00 USD) IN THE YAHOO/MICROSOFT LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. INC

YAHOO/MICROSOFT LOTTERY INTL INC HEAD OFFICE IN UNITED KINDOM
Barley House Harold Road
Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te United Kingdom.
Messenger

YAHOO/MICROSOFT INTERNET LOTTERY

CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY WINNER!

THE YAHOO/MICROSOFT LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. INC

YAHOO/MICROSOFT LOTTERY INTL INC CLAIMS AGENT OFFICE IN AFRICA ZONE
E-mail : (mic2kay@sify.com)
MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD
Agent: Name:reverend-fr Michael Kay
Tel: +2348037310912

Congratulations!! Your email ID
Won a lump sum of ($500,000.00 USD) in the 2010
Yahoo/Microsoft International Email Award
Attached is your winning ticket number 47061725

BELOW IS THE INFORMATION NEEDED AND TO BE SENT TO THE CLAIMS AGENT IN AFRICA ZONE WHERE YOUR WINNING FALL..

1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Country of Residence:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Age:
6. Occupation:
7. Religious:
8. Marital status:
9. Gender:
10.Amount Won:

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of
YAHOO/MICROSOFT!Thank you for being part of this promotional email lottery
program.

Best Regard
reverend-fr Michael Kay



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