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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "yahoo lottery inc"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +2348060391603 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "WILLIAMS MORGAN" <moganheric1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sadiqsyed@o2.pl
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:11:59 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($800,000)

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($800,000)

Yahoo Lottery Incorporation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London SM1
4te United Kingdom

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of EIGHT HUNDRED
THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($800,000) for the month of Fabuary 18th 2007 lottery
win promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTORY INC every month.

YAHOO, collects all the mail id of the people that are online on yahoo
messenger, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger we only
select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting
System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for Having
been one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim.,
Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Yahoo
Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw
Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not
claimed within this period will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers.......................
Batch number.....................Lwh 09102
Lotto number.......................Lwh35447
Winning number...................Lwh09788

These numbers are your winning identification numbers that you will send to
your claims agent, Rev Fr Sadiq Syed at this email: sadiqsyed@o2.pl for
identification.

You are therefore advice to send the following information to the Claims
Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.

1.Full name
2.Bank details (where your prize will be transferred
3.Contact Address
4.Telephone Number
5.Marital Status
6.Occupation
7.Date of Birth
8.cell phone number

Congratulations!! Once again.

Yours in service,

REV.FR SADIQ SYED.
Tele-+2348060391603

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