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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: LONDON LONDON <webrdp13@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <yourclaimingdepartment@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 03:09:58 +0200
Subject: CONTACT YOUR AGENT.














MICROSOFT
AWARDS CENTER



124 Stockport Road
, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom





Your
Email ID has won One Million Great Britain Pounds (£1,000,000.00) in the 2013
Microsoft Splash Awards (INT'L) Emails ID Draw organized by Window live &
Yahoo and few from other e-mail providers. Your Email Id
was selected from our computerized ballot system drawn from company and
individual email addresses.




To
claim your prize contact Mr.Flora Steven in London by this Email ( yourclaimingdepartment@gmail.com
) Tel:
+447012904871 and also furnish him with the
followings for your claim.




Name
(in Full) :

Country:

Address:

Telephone No.:

Mobile:

Fax No.:

Sex:

Age:

Occupation/position:

Amount Won: £1,000,000.00

Ref Number: M2013Y234522

Batch Number: MFI/08/APA-43658

Winning
No: 1 14 21 30 35 48 Bonus 10




CONGRATULATIONS!!





We
wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.

Yours in
service,

Dr. (Mrs.) Joy Smith (Publicity Secretary)




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