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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: a2014012@arcor.de
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:54:39 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: MICROSOFT WINNER NOTIFICATION‏

Microsoft Award Team
Microsoft London ( Cardinal Place ) 100 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL.
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION

Dear Our Esteemed Winner,

The prestigious Microsoft has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the year 2014 anniversary. Rolled out over £10, 000,000.00 for our year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. Microsoft now the largest Internet companies & in effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft are running an e-mail beta test.

Your email address have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of (£1M) One million Pounds in cash credited to File KPC/9030108308/03.This is from a total cash prize of Ten Million British Pounds (£10, 000,000.00) shared among the first Ten lucky winners in this category world-wide. Please note that your lucky number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in London as indicated in the play coupon. The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 10th of September 2014. Please be informed by this notification to file your claims immediately. You are advised to make contact to your referred agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.

To file for your claim, please contact our Claiming Agent immediately.
Name: Mr. Wilson More
Tel: +44-7937415816
Fax: +44-8447745715
Email: msoftgb@cyberservices.com
FILL THE VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
Section
**Personal
Prefix (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc.):
First Name:
Middle Name:
Last name:
Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):
Gender:
Occupation :
Address:
City/State/Province:
Country:
Section B
**Winning Information
Winning tile number/Email :
Telephone. Nos. :
Amount won (in figure)
Amount won (in words)
Section C
**Internet
Personal Contact email address(s) :
Internet connection : Home Home Work Public


The Microsoft Windows lottery has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their claim infomations and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Microsoft lottery has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceltion, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your informations strictly confidential until you claim your prize. Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the interactive Lotteries board Commission. Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his Associates. We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.

Note: You have One week from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forfeit your informations. In compliance with the sponsoring bodies’, you are to make a remittance of a part of your won fund, not lower than 5-percent, after receiving your allocation to a charity organisation. Thank you for being part of our commemorative Year 2014 Microsoft Online Promotion Anniversary Draws. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS
EMAIL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO; KINDLY CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS?

Mrs. Linda Rose Microsoft Promotion Team Vice President




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