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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: "microspeed@terra.es" <microspeed@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:47:41 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION



























MICROSOFT WINDOWS GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARMENT
HEREENSTRAAT 212 ,1012 KK
AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS.





OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION



DEAR WINNER:

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a suprise but please 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 2nd of April2007,in Amsterdam The Netherlands.

Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online
winning emails in the 3rd category and therefore attracted a cash award of 470,000.00Euros(Four hundred and seventy 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. 2 1,000,000:00euros each
2ND. 8 750,000:00euros each
3rd. 13 470,000:00euros each
4Th. 27 170,000:00euros 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.





Microsoft Winning Numbers

Award Numbers:
NL
5
6
7
7
6
5

Email Ticket Numbers:
NL
5
5
3
2
6
96

Batch Numbers:
MC
11
8
3
4
5
PDH/EU

File Reference Number:
HL
55
64
06
0
7
MICS

Serial Numbers
McST
0
0
7
NL
46
57










For verification purpose be sure to include:
(1) mailing address.
(2) Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Nationality/Country.
{4} Full Names


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.

CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
PROCESSING OFFICER (Mr Mark Robert )
MICROSOFT CLAIMS OFFICE(NL).
TEL:+31-614-355-609
FAX:+31-847-259-625
E-mail: processingoffice@searchmachine.com
********************************************************************

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.


CONGRATULATIONS! Once again on behalf of all our staff.

Yours faithfully,
PIXIE TURKER (Mr)
MICROSOFT E-MAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION COORDINATOR.



















Copyright © 2000-2007 The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards Promotion Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline.








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