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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: aligdasantos1@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:12:02 +0200
Subject: CONTACT YOUR AGENT NOW




Microsoft E-mail Promotion
Microsoft House Prescott
London E1 8RP,
United Kingdom.

Ref: ldn/5563/40/06/uk
Batch: mcst/11/836/52dn/uk
Award: ldn/56/7762
Ticket: ldn/553/26/97
Serial: ldn/006/4656/uk.

Our Ref: mcstldn/uk.

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 held yesterday, organized by Microsoft London UK, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products F.P.S wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online winning emails in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of £1.mGBP (One Million British. Your file falls in our London Claim office. Our winners are arranged into three categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category. 1st, 2nd and 3rd category.

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing department immediately upon the receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and for immediate 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.

Claim verification Form:
Full Name(s).....................................................................
Address:...........................................................................
Country:...........................................................................
Phone no:........................Fax: no:....................................
Gender:.............................your category........................
Marital Status:..................................................................
Age:...........................Amount won:..................................
Occupation:......................................................................
Email Address:..................................................................
Batch no:..........................................................................
Award no:.........................................................................
Ticket no:..........................................................................
Serial no:..........................................................................
Ref. no:............................................................................

To file for your claim, Please contact your Claim Agent for more information of your winning within 14 working days of this winning notification. Winnings that are not claimed within fourteen working days of this winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence to enable your Agent in London validate your winning.

Contact your Agent now:
Name: Mr. Solaris Lekoko
Microsoft House Prescott
London E1 8RP
United Kingdom
Email:solarislekoko@hotmail.co.uk
Tel.: +44 702 405 8382.
Fax :+44 702 409 5665.
Privacy Statement:
The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Award Program is sponsored by the CEOs, the NGOs and a group of Software Promotion Companies (SPC). 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.

N/B: All Winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days; thereafter all unclaimed prizes would indefinitely be annulled!

On behalf of all our staff, we say

CONGRATULATIONS!
Yours Faithfully
Ms. Mary Rose.
aligdasantos1@hotmail.co.uk

Secretary Microsoft E-mail Promotion.

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