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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 Sponsored Lottery Programme" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:29:16 -0700
Subject: !!! OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

You email address was attached to.
Award numbers: MLAT#2010
Email ticket numbers: SSP 6746372 07421.,
Batch numbers:SNL 71197431-ZNG/2010.
The file reference numbers:SNL 9910289/ES 856.
Serial Numbers: McST/776/67730.

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We announce to you, your success in the following official publication of Results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by the result of the B" Microsoft Sponsor Lottery Programme. Your email was selected with this lottery held on July 24th, 2010. Winners were selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer draws system. However, you are 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of £150,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS ONLY).

You are advised to Forward your Detailed informaton for claims and verification process of the winning funds to the claims department that are mandated to release the funds to you.

Contact Claim officer: Mr. Dave Blizard
E-mail: daveblizard@hotmail.com
+447035932859


Claims Requirements:

1. Full names:

2. Home Address:

3. Age:

4. Sex:

5. Marital Status:

7. Phone Number:

8. Nationality

9. Country Of Residence.


NOTE: To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine 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. “Congratulations'' and thank you for being part of our Online Program. All Email Response should be sent immediately to: daveblizard@hotmail.com, as this is the payment client office.

The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide. The Microsoft Windows lottery has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends, relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers.

As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Microsoft lottery has reached a decision from the headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the Cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Contact the Microsoft directorate unit
+447035932859


Sincerely,
MICROSOFT DIRECTORATE UNIT
M.S.PRO. ZONAL COORDINATOR.

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