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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:45:03 -0600
Subject: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION



MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY DEPT.UK
winning Number(M810014755W)
Batch/Number(049/S23)
Your Ref/Number(MW/005/9GS2)
Your ticket number(48100G.M0711)
Your ID number(818177)
PROMOTION OF E-MAILS DEPT.
3b Olympic Way,Sefton Business Park,Aintree, London , L30 1R
Tel: +44(0)-707-6511-338
Fax: +44(0)-870-1376-954


ATTN:WINNER ,

This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of
instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings of GBP One
million pounds,MICROSOFT WORD MEGA JACKPOT PROMO is a way of showing
appreciation to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing number of in use
of our MS WORD.After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an
initial database of 300,000 emails and zoning all participants by their
respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list
from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Promotional Grand
Draw prize. Please complete the form below with correct information and
email back to us with a return email so that we can have a precise and
comprehensive record of our winners. Your prize check has been vaulted
safely with our corresponding bank prior to you readiness to complete your
claims.contact E-MAIL: (overseasclaimsuk@hotmail.com)

Looking forward to your urgent reply.

Yours Faithfully,

MRS HENIN WILLIAMS MUPHY, MICROSOFT ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR

THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUND, FOR
VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.

BENEFICIARY FIRST NAME.................
BENEFICIARY LAST NAME..................
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS......................
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH...................
TEL. NUMBER......................
FAX NUMBER............................
EMAIL ADDRESS..................
AMOUNT WON.............................
BATCH NUMBER.............................
REFERENCE Nº...........................
OCCUPATION.....................
MARITAL STATUS...................
DECLARATION:
I...............................................................HEREBY
DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. THAT MY CLAIMS AGENT SHALL ACT AS A
FACILITATOR IN THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.
DATE........................
(YOUR FULL NAMES)........................................

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