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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: Itala Promoawar <itala.promoawar@aol.fr>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 14:37:51 -0500
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Microsoft=C2=AE_E-mail_Prize_Award!!?=



Microsoft® 2016 E-mail Prize Award
Headquarter,2 Kingdom Street Paddington,
W2 6BD. London.




Dear E-mail User,
This is to immediately inform you that your email address with MICROS ID MM-TYUH-UGHF-HLTHK has won a cash prize of 950,000Euro & Range Rover SUV 2016 Model, from Microsoft® 2016 E-mail Award end of year draws held recently. Your e-mail address with MICROS ID MM-TYUH-UGHF-HLTHK with serial number 03811-630 drew lucky numbers 1-62-43-90-51-34 which consequently won in the 2nd category. You are therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €950,000 Euro {Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro & Range Rover SUV 2016 Model}.
To file your claim, you are to contact your Claims Processing Officer Mr. Stephen Luczo, on this email: deliveryservices_citycourier@kimo.com with your information as follows:

1. Full Names:
2. Gender:
3. Age:
4. Phone Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Residential Address:
7. Country:

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Claims Processing Officer: Mr. Stephen Luczo.
E-Mail: deliveryservices_citycourier@kimo.com
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NOTE: YOU WE BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Congratulations from the entire members and staff of Microsoft® Sweep-stakes Online Department

Sincerely yours,
Mr. William H. Gates III
For: Microsoft® Corporation
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You are receiving this email because your email was selected through our latest on-line ballot system from a list of email users whose email account where active at the time of the draw. If you do not wish to claim your winnings, and do not wish to receive further notice from us please inform us so that we can delete your email from our data base.
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TM. Microsoft® 2016© Copyright SISAL S.p.A ®Copyright.

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