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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: uk <lhhttas@att.net>
Reply-To: gladysndoye@gala.net
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 10:28:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: winning notification


                                       

                   

                     

                     

           

                                                             

      
  

                            

      










Microsoft Award Team
Microsoft London ( Cardinal Place )

100 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL.
Attention Winner,
 
 
We the Microsoft Company in collaboration with
Canadian Lottery Ontario 49 
happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2010 World Cup
Promotional Draw held on Tuesday 5 th Jan, 2010 in Essex United
Kingdom and Ontario
Canada.
Your Email address attached to file #: KPC/9030108308/03
drew the winning/lucky# 18 /22 /30/ 32/ 36
/45 with a bonus # 31
 has won the amount of: $1,000.000{ONE MILLION DOLLARS Only}
 from the  total cash prize of {$10.8
MILLION DOLLARS} shared the first 5(five) lucky winners for Ontario 49
Lotto under the choice of the lottery in the 1st category of BI-weekly
six. Please note that you’re lucky winning number falls within our Afro
booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon,
because this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup
to be hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept
to enable you participate in our subsequent draws which will l see 500
participants traveling on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for
the Soccer World Cup 2010.Please Contact your fiduciary agent in South
Africa immediately with  the information below. Claim Agent MR.
Johnson mayo Tel:
+27-735819080Fax:  +27865704803/ Email johnson22112mayo@gala.net    for verification and processing purpose, forward
to him your claim details below;
Section A **Personal
First name: Middle name: Last name:

Date of birth: Gender: Marital Status:
Occupation: Physical Address: City
/State/ Province
: Country:
Section B **Winning Information

Winning File #: Lucky winning#: Amount won: (in
figure) Amount won: (in words)
Section C **Internet
Winning email address: Telephone Numbers: 
Internet connection: Home/Work/Public
*Option of payment (Select) (1) By telegraphic
wire transfer (Using account)-(2) By draft
Contact him immediately you finish reading this
notification to avoid unnecessary delays and complications: Our special
thanks to Canadian Government for sponsoring this lottery. We wish you
the best of luck. Thank you for being part of our promotional award
program.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Teresa Allan (Lottery Coordinator)
Microsoft Promotion Team



One more time congratulations.
NOTE: To confirm that you have the winning
number f!or the Tuesday 5 th Jan, 2010draw,
All participants were selected randomly
from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from
companies and personal e -mails. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed
and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned!
© 2010 Microsoft Privacy Legal













 



 

                         

 



 

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