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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?=D7=9E=D7=90=D7=99=D7=A8=D7=94=20=D7=94=D7=93=D7=A8?= <hadarmeira@walla.co.il>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:34:29 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=63=6F=6E=67=72=61=74=75=6C=61=74=69=6F=6E=73?=


MICROSOFT YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY INC.
10 Ebury Bridge Rd
Victoria
United Kingdom
MICROSOFT, YAHOO! AWARD NOTICE!!



YOU WON £ 800,000.00 BRITISH POUNDS ON THE LOTTERY AWARD 2013.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


MICROSOFT, YAHOO! gives out monthly random cash prizes to all Microsoft Windows' users,your e-mail address was selected among the lucky winners of the draw played this month. Yahoo, hotmail and gmail in collaboration with Microsoft Corporation are glad to inform you today that your e-mail account was randomly selected as one of the "17" Lucky winners who will get a cash prize of £ 800,000.00 BRITISH POUNDS in this year draw.



This is an international Human Support promotional award sponsored by Bill Gates, Microsoft. Human Support is part of our social responsibility to the citizens and Multitude of subscribers in our Network. Bill Gates earns US$250 every SECOND, that's about US$20 Million a DAY and US$7.8 Billion a YEAR! He can donate US$15 to everyone on earth but still be left with US$ 5 Million for his pocket money. All 17 lucky Winners were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from 1 million E-mail addresses extracted from all the (Continents) Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania conducted monthly.



CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE!!


INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE BY CONTACTING OUR AGENT WITH YOUR DETAILS BELOW ***




i. Name in full.......................... ...
ii Sex...................
ii. Date of Birth........................ ....
iii. Telephone..................... ........
iv.Country:................... .........
v. Occupation.................. .........
vi. Address...................... ......



HERE IS OUR AGENT CONTACT BELOW, CONTACT HIM NOW WITH YOUR DETAILS.



Contact Email: attorney_edwardmike.esq2@hotmail.com


Contact Barr. Edward Mike By Providing the Details and Contact the Claims Agent.


*** Contact Person: Bar.Edward Mike ***


*** Email: attorney_edwardmike.esq2@hotmail.com ***


*** Claims agent Tel: +447035916377 ***



Your Ref #: YaMs-3244285.

Winning Numbers: GB892211528.


Send your details to your claims agent Barr. Edward Mike (attorney_edwardmike.esq2@hotmail.com)


Telephone: +447035916377


Note that you are advised to forward the above details to the claims office. As soon as you contact the claims office, the Claims Agent (Bar.Alex Hopkins) will immediately commence the claims processes by given you the online Procedures and Directives for the processing and transfer of your prize Money to you. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information Strictly confidential from the public until your Fund is processed and transferred to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming.



Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Carol Jones


Information and Programme Coordinator,
The Yahoo Inc. Staff.....
Copyright © 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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