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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: Mrs Smith Rose <dr_aglarrymax@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:45:48 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY WINNA (2010 Microsoft Online E-mail Jackpot
Lottery)

MICROSOFT LOTTO. BV
MICROSOFT LOTTO wheel E-games 2010,
CONGRATULATIONS (2010 ONLINE PROMOTION).
Ref. No: REF NO: M154S/WL06.
CHIP NO: 9465206

Attention: Lucky Winner,

The Microsoft Company, on this day congratulates you on your lucky
winnings in the 2010 Microsoft Online E-mail Jackpot Lottery, and we
want to officially put to your notice that your e-mail address attached
to CHIP NO: 9465206, which was selected among the six (6) lucky
consolation prize winners around the world, Your e-mail ID was included
among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our international
partner email provider company. You have therefore won a cash prize of
£1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling) in this years promo.
Do contact your Claims Agent from our claims department via email as soon
as possible for remittance:
************************************************
Agent Name: Dr Larry Max
Email:dr_aglarrymax@yahoo.com
Kindly call Tel.:+2348037885590
************************************************
Below is the Claims Verification Form. Fill it correctly and send it to
your Claims Agent via email as soon as possible for the processing of your

winnings.
FULL NAMES:
FORWARDING ADDRESSES:
CITY/STATE:
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
MARITAL STATUS:
NATIONALITY:
SEX:
DATE OF BIRTH:
EMAIL:
OCCUPATION:
TEL/FAX:

A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT,DRIVERS LICENCE OR ANY
GOVERNMENT ID OR COMPANY ID
PREFERABLE MODE OF COLLECTION: Bank Transfer / Courier Delivery.
CLAIMANT SIGNATURE:(If possible):

Congratulations, once again.

Sincerely,
Mrs Smith Rose



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