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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. Diana Rose" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimsunderwriter@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 10:59:46 +0100
Subject: RE: CONGRATULATIONS NOTICE

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we urge you to treat it genuinely.

2015 MICROSOFT/AFRICA EMAIL AWARD INTERNATIONAL WORLD INTERNET AWARD CENTRE AFRICA
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD DEPT. PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE
(WE ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)

REF: CIL/231-FMI0431/09
BATCH: IPD/15/096/PTNL
RE: CONGRATULATIONS NOTICE

Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International/Africa programs held on the 20th of JANUARY 2015. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 20511465897-6287 with serial number 472-971103 drew lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-46-88 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning Information very confidential till your claims has been processed and your Prize/money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double Claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000,000 company and 300,000,000 individual email addresses and names From all over the world. This promotional program takes place annually.

We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year international AWARD. To file for your claim, please

contact our/your fiduciary agent

Mr. Steve Ellis
CITY GATE TRUST AGENCY
TEL/ +23481-0809-6306 / - FAX/ 0234-8493-07-031
Tel:+23480-2030-8970
Email: claimsunderwriter@outlook.com

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 30th SEPTEMBER 2015. After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your Reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 12 is automatically disqualified.

The information contained in this email is intended to be sent only to the stated recipient and may contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient's agent, you are notified that any dissemination,distribution or copying of the information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Diana Rose

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