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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: brixsmith.fsauthority@googlemail.com
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2020 17:26:45 +0000
Subject: reply me

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhIPNfO6aSQjdj190r3RePWcwjBryOwPmwLPYhCLxATgO96w/viewform?vc
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Stamford New Road,
Altrincham Cheshire
WA14 1EP
London.
United Kingdom.
MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION.
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but
please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your
success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft, in conjunction with
the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held on the
25th of November,2020 in London United Kingdom.

Your email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails in the 2nd
category and therefore attracted a cash award of 750,000.00 {Seven Hundred
and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars}.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a
million email addresses from each continent of the world wide web drawn
from all the continents of the world.

They are arranged in this format below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. (2) 1.000.000.00 United States Dollars each
2nd. (9) 750,000.00 United States Dollars each
3rd. (13) 450,000.00 United States Dollars each
4th. (27) 350,000.00 United States Dollars each

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to
contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for
more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual
payment of the above prize to you. It is important to note that your award
information was released with the following particulars attached to it.

(1) Award numbers: MLAT#2010
(2) Email ticket numbers: 1587-5896-4598-87,
(3) Batch numbers: 850THL#2010
(4) The file reference numbers: MLY-Y/250-450890
(5) Serial Numbers: McST/776/ML10101

For verification purpose be sure to include: VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE
FORM-:
1. Full Names:
2. Sex:
3. Age:
4. Marital Status:
5. Nationality:
6. Residential Address: :
7. Occupation:
8. Telephone Number:
9 Have you ever won an Online Lottery ?

Mode Of Prize Remittance.

(1)Cash Pick-Up
(2)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Check
(3) Bank Wire Transfer

To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for
VALIDATION of your winning within seven working days of this winning
notification. Winnings that are not validated within seven working days of
winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to
mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence to
enable the Agent validate your winning.


Mr. Brix Smith
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
M.S.PRO. ZONAL COORDINATOR


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