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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: "Mrs. Anita Cow" <microproaward@gmail.com>
Reply-To: microproo01@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:28:26 +0400
Subject: Your Urgent Attention Is Needed

Microsoft Promotion Department.
212 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs,PE9 2YP,London
United Kingdom.
Attention: Lucky Winner,
We congratulate you, being one of the lucky winners of the result of the Annual Microsoft Email Award held on the 5th of January 2014 in London. Your email address emerged as one of the 10 lucky winners selected electronically by our Electronic lotto Wheel. The total sum of ?2,500,000 (Two Million Five hundred thousand British Pounds) has been accredited to your email address file number.
Winners were selected randomly from our list of millions of email addresses around Europe, Asia, and 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.
Your email address number in our file was chosen in the European lottery Coupon network whereby your number came up as one of the lucky winners of our prize money; hence, your price money will be remitted to your choice account, in your country through IntercrestCH London.
Your winning details are as follows:
Batch No: 00199709
Email File No:22227x1
Coupon No: ITR3339x1
Amount Won: ?2.500,000 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds)
Full Name :
address :
Phone Number
Age :
Occupation:
Contact IntercrestCH London immediately for verification, processing and transferring of your price money to you in your country. Remember to forward them your winning details for confirmation.
Contact IntercrestCH London with the below contact info:
(IntercrestCH)
International Clearing House London, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Abraham Warker
Address: Promenade Level, Cabot Place East,
Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QS
Tel: + 44 - 704 571 8889
Fax:+ 44 - 700 593 8585
Email : info.micropro@cash4u.com
On behalf of our CEO Mr. Bill Gates, all the 2014 promotion sponsors, we congratulate you on your winning.
Cordially,
Mrs. Anita Cow
(On-line Co-ordinator)

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