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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +442078881000
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ninaolive@clerk.com (Clerk; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Harris Harrison" <noreply@accounting.sageone.my>
Reply-To: harrish@gmx.fr
Date: 16 Oct 2020 21:33:14 +0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

Accounting

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 at 01:04

Yahoo/Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Covid-19 Award Fund 2020.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

YOU ARE TO BENIFIT FROM MICROSOFT USA/UK COVID-19 AWARD FUND

Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 King County, Washington, United States, located 15 miles (24 km) east of Seattle.
425-882-8080 http://www.microsoft.com

Yahoo/Microsoft Management Team wishes to inform you that YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO BENEFIT FROM YAHOO/MICROSOFT COVID-19 AWARD FUND of One Hundred, Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (150,000.00) for 2020 Microsoft Covid 19 Award Fund which was organized by MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT TEAM today Wednesday, 14th October 2020 to help people fight one of world Worst pandemic in History since we become the best free e-mail provider worldwide.

MICROSOFT USA/UK Brand INC collected all the email addresses of people that are active online, among over 3 billion-plus global users that subscribed to Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail/outlook and few from other e-mail providers. Ten e-mail addresses were selected today Wednesday, 14th October 2020 to benefit from this MICROSOFT USA/UK Covid 19 Award Fund 2020 and your e-mail address has been selected today Wednesday, 14th October 2020 via Computer Random Selection System as one of the top Ten lucky Beneficiary for 2020 MICROSOFT USA/UK Covid 19 Award Fund program which was head here in Washington, United States.

All Beneficiaries shall be paid by our paying Bank (Credit Suisse Bank (UK) in London) through BANK TRANSFER. Your MICROSOFT USA/UK Covid 19 Award Fund of One Hundred, Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (150,000.00) must be pay to you and you have to claimed the fund as soon as possible. Any prize not claimed within this period shall be forfeited. Stated below are your MICROSOFT USA/UK Covid 19 Award Fund 2020 identification Ref: PLEASE DONATE TO YOUR COMMUNITY TO HELP WITH IT TO STREET CHILDREN AND HOMELESS.

Identification Ref: (MICROSOFT USA/UK COVID-2020-US/UK/0714851010-N:14-OF-10/2020,150000).

You are requested to contact our MICROSOFT UK Covid 19 Award Fund 2020 MANAGER IN UK,through his below contact details and submit your Identification Ref, Nationality, Contact Address, Telephone Number ,Occupation and Age to him.

MICROSOFT USA/UK COVID-19 AWARD FUND MANAGER: Manager DG, Richard Adams.

Payment Bank: Credit Suisse London, England, United Kingdom.
Payment Officer: Nina Olive.
Address: 45 Pall Mall, St. James's, London SW1Y 5JG, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 7888 1000
E-mail: ninaolive@clerk.com

You are advised to send the below information to Manager DG, Richard Adams and Nina Olive through his above e-mail to

facilitate the release of your MICROSOFT USA/UK COVID-19 AWARD FUND to you immediately to helpwith it in your Country.

1. Nationality/ Country of Residence
2. Contact Address
3. Telephone Number
4. Age
5. Occupation

So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Microsoft interactive Lotteries Board Commission.

Yours faithfully,

Congratulations!!!

Yours in service,

Harris Harrison
MICROSOFT USA/UK COVID-19 AWARD FUND.

Chris Capossela
Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Marketing and Consumer Business

Scott Guthrie
Executive Vice President, Microsoft Cloud + AI Group.

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The information transmitted in this e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Should you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender and delete all copies of the e-mail. Unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of any part of this e-mail, or any similar action, is prohibited. No opinion expressed or implied by the sender necessarily constitutes the opinion of Sage South Africa. This e-mail does not constitute a guarantee or proof of the facts mentioned herein. No employee or intermediary is authorised to conclude a binding agreement on behalf of Sage South Africa by e-mail without the express written confirmation by a duly authorised representative of Sage South Africa.

Sage South Africa (PTY) Ltd. reserves all rights in the contents of this e-mail.

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