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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 <microwindows@Shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 13:27:19 +0530
Subject: Thanks For The Use Of Internet.////(YOUR MICROSOFT AWARD NOTIFICATION)\\\\




MICROSOFT AWARD NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the Draw (Batch #22) of MICROSOFT CORPORATION LOTTERY® held on SATURDAY 26TH MAY, 2012 in New Delhi, India. Your E-mail Address was picked at random from our computer system. You have won a LUMP SUMS OF $500,000 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PAYABLE BY TELEGRAPHIC WIRE TRANSFER (T/T), INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

We Wish to inform you that your email address on TICKET REFERENCE NUMBER: UKNL:255152-77 has been selected by MICROSOFT Computerized Email random selection. The on-line caber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 2,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet. Note: No tickets were sold but all email addresses were randomly selected to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

To claim your prize, Kindly contact the transfer Bank (Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)) immediately with your complete details for immediate transfer of your won fund.

The transfer Bank, Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) WILL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS FROM YOU:

YOUR BANK ACCOUNT:
ACCOUNT HOLDER'S NAME:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
ID CARD NO:
BANK NAME:
BRANCH:

AND YOUR WINNING DETAILS:

BATCH NUMBER:  #22,
TICKET NUMBER: UKNL: 255152-77,
SERIAL NUMBER: 182....   BEFORE THEY CAN PROCESS YOUR TRANSFER.
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Contact RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI) Foreign Remittance/Exchange Department through the below info:
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Contact:  Shri. M. Rajesh Wara Rao  {DGM}
Tel:  +91-92 1162 6624
        +91-85 8893 6791

E-mail:  foreignexdept@rbigroup.in
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Sincerely,
Mr.Malam Amidu.
CO-ORDINATOR FOR MICROSOFT ONLINE PROMOTIONS.
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