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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: mrs-grace@mcrosoft-award-nl.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:18:48 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT MR.EDWARD HANS.








YOUR URGENT CONSENT IS
NEEDED!!!

FROM THE DESK OF THE
COORDINATOR [MICROSOFT GLOBAL EMAIL LOTTERY]
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT (NL).
FILE REF:HL/5564/40/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU


OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:



DEAR WINNER:

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 6th of November 2006,in Amsterdam The Netherlands.

wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online
winning email in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of 800,000.00Euros(Eight hundred thousand Euros only).

Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category.They are arranged
in this format below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 6 1,350,000:00 Euros each
2nd. 14 800,000:00 Euros each
3rd. 22 470,000:00 Euros each
4th. 36 170,000:00 Euros 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: NL 56/7765
(2) Email ticket numbers: NL553/26/96
(3) Batch numbers: MC11/834/5PDH /EU
(4) The file reference numbers: HL/5564/40/07/MICS

For verification purpose be sure to include:
(1) Your mailing address.
(2) Your telephone numbers.
(3) Your country.

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 him validate your winning.

Be informed that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by the verification department.


Please note, you will be require to pay 550 Euros only{Five hundred and fifty euros only} for legalization of your winning certificate. The certificate is your legal prove/guarantee which will be submitted to the paying bank for the remittance of your fund.

Unvalidated winnings after Twenty-nine days of winning notification will be termed invalid and void.

CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
Name MR. EDWARD HANS.
MICROSOFT PROCESSING DEPARTMENT(NL).
Tel:+31-620-886-437;Fax:+31-84-7558-575.
E-mail:lotteryagencynl@aim.com
********************************************************************

The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our
CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates:http://www.templetons.com/brad/billmap.gif 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.


Once again on behalf of all our staff,


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yours faithfully,

Grace Van Ken (Mrs)
MICROSOFT E-MAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION COORDINATOR.




Copyright © 1994-2006 The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards Promotion Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline.




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