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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: HOTMAIL PROMO <seydinacompany@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 05:05:34 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!! YOU HAVE WON TWO MILLION US DOLLARS FROM NEW
HOTMAIL BETA PROMO

Hello and Welcome to Windows Live Hotmail®



Congratulations! You have just been selected as of this year winners
of the Windows Live Hotmail and YAHOO email promo.

This is to officially inform you that you have won $2,000,000.00 (Two
Million United States Dollars).

MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arrange and gather all the e-mail addresses of the
people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to
All email Address, and others we only select Nine(9) candidates per
annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS)
without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of
the people selected.

The next generation of MSN and YAHOO® Hotmail is in your hands - fast,
simple, and safer than ever before.
• Bookmark this link to login to your Windows Live Hotmail

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PAYMENT OF PRIZE CLAIM

We are sorry that your Payment Approval File was sent to Africa
(Republic of Ghana) due to we have 3 lucky winners in Africa so that
you can be cleared and paid simultaneously there. You are to contact
our Location Claim Agent on or before your date of Claim.

Windows live Hotmail and Yahoo prize must be claimed not later than 14
days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize
has won.


» Get the Details

Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (14 days) will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number..................... WBM-EBS360AF
Reff number........................ WBM-EBS710AF
Winning number...............WBM-EBS- 718AF
These numbers above fall within the agent's Location file, you
are requested to contact your Agent and send your Identification
Numbers and Personal Information to him;


Barrister: Maxwell Chamberlian at his email:

E-mail: pro4567mchamberlian@hotmail.com


You are therefore advised to send the following information to him
to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund with the
appointed paying bank.

Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him immediately:

Personal Information
1. Full name..................
2. Country....................
3. Contact Address...........
4. Telephone Number.........
5. Marital Status..............
6. Occupation..................
7. Age.........................
8. Sex.........................
Date.........................
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,

You select how to transfer the prize money to you:
Cheque Delivery To Your Address
Bank Account Transfer
By Cash (Winners will be require to come down here by theirselves to
remitt their winning fund.)

Windows Live Hotmail. Fast, simple and safer than ever.
Live is good.
Sincerely,
The Windows Live Hotmail Team
You are receiving this message from Windows Live because you are a
valued member. Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please
read our online Privacy Statement.

For more information or for general questions regarding your e-mail
account, please visit Windows Live Hotmail Help.

Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, GA 98052-6399,
Ghana © 2021 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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