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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: =?UTF-8?Q?MICROSOFT=C2=AE?= <owenwdrc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: donaldkuye@katamail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 09:07:34 -0100
Subject: 23/11/2017

MICROSOFT®
(Soth African. Regional Office)
Microsoft Building, Wright Lane,
Johannesburgh.South Africa
Winner No. 005,

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a prize of a
brand new 2015 BMW 760Li Sedan Series Car and a Check of $3,000,000.00
United States Dollars from international programs held on the 1st
section 2017 in the Johannesburg,South Africa.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world
which you were selected.

The BMW Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary
claims department for more information as regards procedures to claim
your prize.

Officer In Charge
Name :Donald Moodley
Email:donaldkuye@katamail.com
Phone Number: +27-734-504-035


Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code Number
BMW:2551256003/99. You are also advised to provide him with the under
listed information as soon as possible:

1. Name in full.
2. Address.
3. Nationality.
4. Age.
5. Occupation.
6. Phone/Fax.
7. Present Country.
8. Email address.
9. pin code Number BMW:2551256003/88.

Best Regards,

Ms.Nancy Owen
(Coordinator/ Online Publicity)

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