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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: "lottery yahoo" <drcarolj08@e-mail.ua>
Reply-To: agentkelvinsmith.yahlott27@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:48:21 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR EMAIL HAS WON YOU A YAHOO LOTTERY PRIZE OF (650.000) GB PO


2008
Award Center * Yahoo Splash Awards*
** * * *Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester
M60 2DB - United Kingdom
===============================================*
*ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING, NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTRE:
UNITED KINGDOM*

We are pleased to inform you that your personal e-mail address have won a
prize money of 650,000.00 { six HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN
POUNDS } for the 2008 Splash Promotion which was Organized by
YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO! collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from
other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this
promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

* ** **PAYMENT OF CLAIM**
*
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo
Prize Award must be claimed no later than 10 days from date of Draw
Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited. Stated
below are your identification numbers:* *
***
BATCHNO:MFI/07/APA-43658 REFERENCE NO:2007234522*
*PIN NO:1208** *
**
**These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning
identification numbers to him;
**
* AGENT INFORMATION
*
*
Agent Name DR: KELVIN SMITH
*
* E-Mail: ** infoagentkelvinsmith.yahlott008@yahoo.com*
*agentkelvinsmith.yahlott27@gmail.com*
* Phone: Phone: +447031815077*
**
You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to
facilitate the release of your fund to you.

1. Full name:
2. Country:
3. Contact Address:
4. Telephone Number:
5. fax Number:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Date of birth:
7. Sex: * *

As soon as he receives your details, he shall commence the process that will
facilitate the release of your fund to you.

Your E-mail address should be used in all correspondence with your claims
Agent, please Note that, you are to contact your claims officer via email
and phone as we are promoting the use of E-mail.

* Congratulations!! once again.*
*
Yours in service, * **[image: Feature Pic Caption]
* Dr. (Mrs.) CAROL JONES
*** * ***
* ***

WARNING!

Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully
handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double
claim.

You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other
Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal
information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you
receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you,
Kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to
such person or body.

Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the
above mentioned.

CONGRATULATIONS, ONE'S AGAIN FROM YAHOO.

(c) YAHOO & WINDOWLIVE E-Lottery 2008.

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