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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +448447749891
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- microsoftaward019@163.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Philippa Snare" <admin@angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk>
Reply-To: microsoftaward019@163.com
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 03:13:18 -0700
Subject: RE:

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MICROSOFT=AE CORPORATION
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Cardinal Place
80-100 Victoria Street
London,SW1E 5JL
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United Kingdom
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Winning No: MSFT/5975/107/2015
Ticket No: MSFT/3081/039/2015
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MICROSOFT YEARLY ANNIVERSARY WINNING NOTIFICATION
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We wish to congratulate you on this note, for being part of our selected w=
inners in our just concluded internal promotion draw this year, this promot=
ion was set-up to encourage the active users of Microsoft products and its =
software services.
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Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be an ac=
tive patronage to Microsoft products and its software services. Microsoft C=
orporation develops and markets software, services and hardware that delive=
r new opportunities, greater convenience and enhanced value to people's liv=
es. We ran an online e-mail beta draw which your email address won Nine Hun=
dred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling (=A3950,000.00). We w=
ish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the requi=
rements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory=
report Test conducted for all online winners.
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A winning check will be issued in your name by Microsoft Promotion Award; =
for the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterlin=
g (=A3950,000.00) and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along=
side your winning check cashable at any bank.
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You are advised to contact the assigned Microsoft Program Administrator/Co=
ordinator with the following details to avoid unnecessary delay and complic=
ations:
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VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
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(1) Your Contact Address/Private Email Address:
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(2) Your Tel/Fax Numbers:
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(3) Your Nationality/Country:
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(4) Your Full Name:

(5) Occupation/Company:
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(6) Age/Gender:
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(7) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
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(8) Comments about Microsoft:
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Philippa Snare
Chief Marketing Officer, Microsoft UK
E-mail: microsoftaward019@163.com
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Fax No: +44 8447 749 891
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Microsoft values your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured a=
nd will be used exclusively for the purpose of this award only.
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The Microsoft Promotion Award Team has discovered a huge number of double =
claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties a=
bout their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this,=
these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The =
Microsoft Promotion Award Team has reached a decision from its headquarters=
that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the c=
anceling of that particular winning, leading to a loss for both the double =
claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the in=
former to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly =
advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you cla=
im your prize.
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Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Microsoft interactive Lot=
teries Board Commission.
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Yours faithfully,
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Satya Nadella
CEO of Microsoft Corporation.

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