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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 Award 2012 <info@microrewards.com>
Reply-To: microsoftcustomersunit@yahoo.com.tw
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 03:48:04 -0300
Subject:


This is to inform you that you have won a prize of E1,500,000.00.( One
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds ) in 2011. YAHOO,
MSN, AOL & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects email addresses of active Web
Users. Among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Hotmail, Aol and
other e-mail service providers, five Beneficiaries are selected every
year as winners through an Electronic Balloting System without the
winner applying. We congratulate you for being one of the
Beneficiaries selected.

***PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM***

You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of
Claim,Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement
Centre.

CLAIMS REQUIREMENT

FULL NAME:......................

AGE:...................................

SEX:........................................

HOME ADDRESS:.....................

COUNTRY/STATE:...................

NATIONALITY:.........................

WINNING EMAIL:...................

PHONE (MOBILE) preferred :..................................

OCCUPATION:.....................

You are requested to contact the EVENTS AGENT MANAGER with your claim
information above and send it to the contact address below.

MR. JARVEL OMAN HABIB
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Phone: +60104603098
E MAIL: microsoftcustomersunit@yahoo.com.tw

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and Associates. Accept
our hearty congratulations once again.






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