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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 / Google Promotion" <officeefile114@freeukisp.co.uk>
Reply-To: microsoftdepartmentp@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:18:26 -0000
Subject: Attention: Lucky Winner




Microsoft / Google Promotion Department
PROMOTION OF E-MAIL'S DEPT.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1R.

Attention: Lucky Winner,

We congratulate you, being one of the lucky winners of the result of the
Annual Microsoft / Google Email Award held on the 1st of November
2012 in London UK . Your email address emerged as one of the 10 lucky winners
selected electronically by our Electronic lotto Wheel. The total sum of
GBP 2,000.000.00 (Two Million Pounds) has been accredited to your email
address file number.

Winners were selected randomly from our 1st of millions of email
addresses around Europe, Asia, USA and some parts of South America to
promote computer literacy worldwide as well as to advertise our software
and computer products. This promotion was sponsored by a conglomerate of
software and computer promotion companies like Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell
Computers Apple, and other International software and computers
manufacturing Companies.

(1) Award numbers: NL 56/7766
(2) Email ticket numbers: EAASL-130877
(3) Batch numbers: MC11/834/8PDH /EU
(4) The file reference numbers: HL/5574/41/07/MICS
{5} Serial Numbers: McST/006/NL46560
For verification purpose be sure to include:

(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
{4} Your Full Names.
(5) Occupation.
(6) Your Preffered Method Of Receiving Your Price

(From Below)
Mode Of Price Remittance.
(1) Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to Uk Personally to Pick Your Price).
(2) Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other
Winning Documents.


safely to you.

To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for
VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this
winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine
working
days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required
to mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence to
enable the Agent validate your winning.

CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
DR.DAVID RIVARS
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
Phone:+44 7045 772 850
E-mail:microsoftdepartmentp@yahoo.com.hk
********************************************************************
The Microsoft Google Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our
CEO/Chairman, steve Ballmer and a consortium of software promotion
companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other
International Companies. The Microsoft Google internet E-mail draw
is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet
and
promote computer literacy worldwide.

Once again on behalf of all our staff.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

MR.HAMED ALAN
M.S.PRO. ZONAL COORDINATOR

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