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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 ONLINE LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <olinecoordinator.thailandboard@asia.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:07:55 +0700
Subject: Lottery Winning Notification

Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the MICROSOFT ONLINE E-MAILS LOTTERY PROGRAM an International program held on the 26th of January 2011 in which your e-mail address was attached to the following winning information’s.

Your email address was picked by our automated computer ballot system, which has been programmed for this random selection.This has eventually qualified you for the lump sum jackpot of $2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only).

(1) TICKET NUMBER: 554-96823
(2) SERIAL NUMBER: SIZ/695-00026
(3) LUCKY DRAW NUMBER: 555087-36589

To file for your claim, please contact the claims department via the information below not later than fourteen (14) working days from today after which all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Mr.Eric W0r0
(Director Of Winning Claims Department).
Tel:++66880116951
Fax:+6689204582
Email: ericworo@realtyagent.com

Full Name: ..............................................
Contact Address/Not Po BOX:.............
Phone Number:......................................
Country /Nationality:............................
Your Email Address:..............................
Ticket Number :.....................................
Serial Number:.......................................
Lucky Draw Number:............................

We wish you continued good fortunes.

Best regards.
Mrs. Musonda Geoffrey
Promotion Coordinator

N.B. You are required to keep your winning Information and announcement as confidential as possible inorder to avoid double claimants. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact the claims department via the information above.

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