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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: MSN <Jcecchetto@hrsb.ns.ca>
Reply-To: <msl-msl-team@qi88.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:21:59 +0100
Subject: Call Customer Service to Confirm your lottery +441618840323

Attn Winner

You have won £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pound Sterling) on the MICROSOFT Internet User Promo held on the 12th February 2014 in Manchester.United Kingdom.Your winning Reference # is: 9788.

Your Email address was picked as the Lucky Internet User for the promo among (6)other Internet User Worldwide.

To redeem your Cash Prize/Transfer process,Kindly Call the Phone Number of the Promo Manager (Dr.Anthoney James) and contact him via e-mail below:

Dr.Anthoney James
E-mail: msl-james@qi88.com
Tell:+447024055081

These are your identification numbers:
Batch number....................YM97724MK
Ref number.......................11/01/MSN
Winning number...................9788

You are therefore advice to complete the below information to him for
verification:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age :
6.Sex:
7.Country:
8.Mobile Number.:
9.Winning Reference #: 9788

Congratulations,
Windows Live Team
Online Co-ordinator

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