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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 <info@ymicrosoft.tk>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:15:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YAHOO/MICROSOFT





 Your Email Id has won £1,000,000.00 in the YAHOO/MICROSOFT Award Promo.all participants are selected through a computer ballot system by their email addresses drawn from online internet data base of the internatlonal chamber of commerce (I.C.C) and zoned  to the london remittance office.send your

Names..
Address..
Tel..
Age:
Occupation:
Attached is your winning ticket number 47061725

Best Regard
reverend-fr Michael Kay
CLAIMS AGENT
 



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