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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: "www.clubdeparis.org" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <grantawdpzdesk1@live.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:57:42 -0800
Subject: EMPOWERMENT AWARD NOTIFICATION

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The attached message from "www.clubdeparis.org" <grantawdpzdesk2@live.nl> (<grantawdpzdesk2@live.nl>)
was determined by the Spam Blocker to be spam based on a score
of 17.399998 where anything above 10.0 is spam.

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Reply-To: <grantawdpzdesk1@live.com>
From: "www.clubdeparis.org"<grantawdpzdesk2@live.nl>
Subject: EMPOWERMENT AWARD NOTIFICATION
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:57:42 -0800
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="Windows-1251"
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by imsantv23.netvigator.com id o0OJxDfg027906

PARIS CLUB EMPOWERMENT AWARD.
2, Rue Andr=E9 Pascal,
75775 Paris Cedex 16,
France.
www.clubdeparis.org
=20
=20
>From The Desk of=20
Mrs. Monika Fereira Santos
Public Relations Officer
Paris Club.
=20
=20
You have been selected/qualify for Grant sum of =80 970.000.00 payment f=
or human growth,=20
Business, and community Development in the ongoing Paris Club EMPOWERMENT=
AWARD=20
established in Paris in 1956 and supported by UNILEVER and (AFDB).

Your e-mail address attached to Grant number: 7741345678 29 which subsequ=
ently won=20
you the Grant Payment in the 2nd category.
=20
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personali=
zed=20
email addresses to ticket numbers. And your email address as indicated w=
as drawn
and attached to:
=20
REFERENCE AND TICKET NUMBERS :734-807-595-4104=20
SERIAL NUMBERS: PRS-DE-CLB/XX/1299-017
GRANT NUMBER: 7741345678 29
=20
Please be informed by this grant notification to file your claims immedia=
tely. You=20
are advised to make contact to your referred agent who shall by duty guid=
e you=20
through the process to facilitate the release of your grant prize. To fil=
e for this claims,
Please Contact your referred agent with your verification information as =
required on the
form below, beginning the claims of your winnings funds as conducted by p=
arisclub.org.=20
=20
Note: You have Two (2) weeks from the date of this publication to claim y=
our Grant or you=20
may forfeit your grant prize. Thank you for being part of our commemorati=
ve New year Anniversary Draws.
=20
Find below your referred agent contact information:

Referred Agent : Mr. Carl Anderson
Tel: +31 644 225 020
Fax:+31 847 385 694
Email: carlandersondesk7@live.com
=20
=20
Name: ..................................
Country of Origin.......................
Place of Residence......................
Occupation..............................
Sex/Age.................................
Telephone/Fax...........................
Winning Email ID........................
=20
=20
NOTE: DUE TO THE PRESENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE WORLD AND FRAUDSTERS A=
S=20
WELL, YOUR GRANT FUNDS WILL BE MADE READY TO YOUR HOME ACCOUNT BY THE=20
ASSIGNED TRANSFERRING BANK WHICH HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY BY PARIS C=
LUB
TO EFFECT TRANSFER TO WINNERS HOME BANK ACCOUNT UNDER 48 HOURS AFTER VARI=
FICATION
AND APPROVALS.
=20
=20
Mrs. Monika Fereira Santos
Public Relations Officer
Microsoft Corporation
=20

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