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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: "Dr. (Mrs) SLYVIA DENN" <slyviadenn@london.com>
Reply-To: kafisuoffices@mail.mn
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 20:20:16 -0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!

MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT ,UNITED NATION WORD LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
Tel: +447045725167
Fax no: +447092877548


REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-28134G
BATCH NO: 2006MAR#50FH
WINNER NO: 3

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM

DEAR WINNER,

UNITED NATION LOTTERY IN HAND WITH MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT
WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL
MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR
THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 18TH OF FEB,
2011.

YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY E-MAIL WAS ATTACHED TO MS-WORD
WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168.YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS
824-13-831-37-10-68 AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY.
YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUMS OF $10, 000,000 (TEN
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TOFILE REF NO:
MSW-L/200-28134G. THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $ 120,000,000 USD,
SHARED AMONG THE TWELVE (12) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND
SECOND CATEGORY.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES ESPECIALLY YAHOO
MAIL THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN AMONGST OVER 1
BILLION USERS FROM CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE
EAST AND AFRICA.THIS INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM IS
CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORD USERS ALL OVER THE
WORLD.THIS IS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS
WORLDWIDE.
YOUR FUND (CERTIFIED CHEQUE) HAS BEEN INSURED WITH YOUR REF NO:
MSW-L/200-28134G AND IS BE READY FOR DELIVERY. IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU
BY ONE OF OUR CLAIM/PAYMENT AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR ZONE. YOUR E-MAIL
ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS/PAYMENT
OFFICER. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA
E-MAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO CALL HIM TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AND GOVERNMENT TAX PAYMENT THAT
IS ALL, AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM
YOUR PRIZE.

AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE
15513-2MSW TO YOUR CLAIMING/PAYMENT AGENT. THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM.



CLAIMS AGENT OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL IS

DR KAFISU AHMED
Phone: + 447045725167
Fax: + 4477447704
E-MAIL: kafisuoffices@mail.mn

REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL FUNDS
NOT CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE THE FIXED DATE WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND
DONATED TO CHARITY ORGANIZATION IN AFRICA .

NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE,
BATCH NUMBERS AND YOUR SECURITY CODE OF 15513-2MSW IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES
WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. DO NOT REPLY ANY OTHER MAILS LIKE THIS ON NET,
AS THEY ARE A LOT OF SCAM ARTIST OUT THERE PRETENDING TO BE US. YOU MAY
SEE MAILS LIKE THIS DO NOT REPLY. DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER DR KAFISU
AHMED AT ONCE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS TO ENABLE THE
OFFICE PROCEED WITH YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE AND FILE KEEPING.

CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF UNITED
NATION AND MICROSOFT TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR
BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND
GRATITUDE TO UNITED NATION ASSOCIATIONAND MICROSOFT COOPERATION FOR
ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.
SINCERELY,


Dr. (Mrs) SLYVIA DENN
(Co-ordinator)


LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;

UNITED NATION LOTTERY UK, UNITED NATION LOTTERY AFRICA,
UNITED NATION LOTTERY USA, UNITED NATION LOTTERY ASIA.


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