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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: MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLD LOTTERY <micromicro1989@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: michaeldoveclaimmanager1@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:13:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLD LOTTERY




MICROSOFT CORPORATION
WORLD LOTTERY


UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London
United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
 BATCH NO:
2009 SEPTEMBER YUYY#5
  
OFFICIAL WINNING
NOTIFICATION:
 
DEAR
WINNER:
 
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, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software
products, (F.P.S.) held on this year  2010,in United
Kingdom.
 
Wherein your electronic email
address emerged as one of the online
winning emails in the
1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of £1,000,000.00
(One Million
Great Britain
Pounds Sterling only). Our winners are arranged into four categories with
different winning prizes accordingly in each category.
 
We write to officially
notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office
immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the
verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you. It is
important to note that your award information was released with the following
particulars attached to it.
 
(1) Award numbers: NL
56/7765
(2) BATCH NO:
2009MAR
YUYY#5
(3) REFERENCE NO:
MSW-L/200-26937
 
PROVIDE
OUR CLAIM DEPARTMENT WITH THE INFORMATION
BELOW:
 
1. FIRST
NAME:..............................
2. LAST
NAME:...............................
3. DATE OF
BIRTH:...........................
4:
GENDER:..................................
5:
OCCUPATION:..............................
6:
NATIONALITY:.............................
7. COUNTRY OF
RESIDENCE:....................
8. RESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS:.....................
9. TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX
:...............

 
CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
CLAIM
COORDINATOR
NAME (Dr 
Michael Dove)
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT

E-mail: michaeldoveclaimmanager1@gmail.com
 
MY REGARDS. MRS ROSMARY ( ZONAL
COORDINATOR)
 
 

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