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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: Microsoft E-mail Promo Lottery <info@promo.com>
Reply-To: "mswclaimsofficedpt0014@yahoo.co.uk"
<mswclaimsofficedpt0014@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 16:57:30 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification.




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Dear Lucky Winner

After a successful completion of the draws of the MICROSOFT E-MAIL PROMO held on the 1st of October 2015 your e-mail address attached to winning numbers:(23) (77) (04) (57) (33) (170) won in the Tenth lottery category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £750.000.00(Seven Hundred and fifty thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file REFNO:MSW-L/2015-28793,BATCH NO.4365.

For Claims Please Contact:Mr.Sean Anderson
Email: mswclaimsofficedpt0014@yahoo.co.uk<mailto:mswclaimsofficedpt0014@yahoo.co.uk>
Tel Phone: +447011149461

Your secret pin code is ML0757985.

provide the following informations for claims

1.FullName:
2.Address:
3.Phone:
4.Country:
5.Sex:
6.Occupation:
7.Age:

Congratulation!!
Regards
Mrs.Irene.Marin
Online Award Director.

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