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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: "ALLAN TERESA" <microlott016@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 07:03:01 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! CONGRATULATION!!! ( CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT FOR YOUR PRIZE)


Yahoo! News - 



Lottery Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won £820.000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!

Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw held on the 12th of May, 2007.
 
All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of £820,000.00  (EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ).
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
£820,000.00 will be released to you through our corresponding assing payment  bank been (First National Bank of South Africa) FNB.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
 
These are your identification numbers.
 
Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447
 
Contact Yahoo’s Agent for Notice of claims.
 
Contact Fiduciary Agent:
MR. PHILIPS COWBELL
Email:agent_philcowbell@yahoo.co.uk
 
Tel:(+0044) 7031956028.
 
FAX : +0044 870 471 3277
 
You are to send the completed verification form below to the our Agent in the United Kingdom whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money through our corresponding payment bank (First National Bank of South Africa)FNB.
 
                    Congratulations once more!!
 
             AWARD WINNING CERTIFICATE
 
  This is to certify that: FIRSTNAME: …MIDDLE NAME:… (LAST NAME: …
    
 DATE OF BIRTH:              MARITAL STATUS (M)       (D)……….….(S)………….
 OCCUPATION::……………………..                               
 HOME ADDRESS:: .…….………..……………..…..……   STATE: …………………..   
 ZIP CODE:…………   COUNTRY: …………………….               NATIONALITY :………………..
 TELEPHONE: …………………………….       FAX: …………………………………    
 Reference Number: ……………………………………………………………
 Batch Number: ……………………………………………………..…….…….

Winning Numbers: ………………………………………………………..……

 Beneficiary’s winning amount:……………..……….……………..……
 
 
  I WANT TO BE PAID BY   (BANK TRANSFER)  (CHEQUE)        (ON LINE BANK TRANSFER)
 
 BANK NAME:
 
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:          SWIFT CODE
 
 BANK ADDRESS:
CITY:        COUNTRY:        BANK TELEPHONE/ NUMBER:         FAX: NUMBER
 
A COPY OF YOUR PERSONAL PASSPORT
 
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel.
 
Yours Sincerely,


Dr WILLIAM GERRI (PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com
http://www.yahoo.com




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