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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: "Susan Robson" <susanrobson01@beehive.org>
Reply-To: worldwilde_international_agent@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:14:04 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS: YOU HAVE WON 2008 AWARDS!!!!!


YAHOO INTERNET AWARDS 2008 *Yahoo Awards Center
124 Stockport Road**, Longsight,
London M60 2DB
United Kingdom.*
* *
**
*Dear Email Owner,*
* *
* *
* CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!*
*
*
*This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of GBP800,000,00
British Pounds (Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds). Only for the email
users this 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO INTERNET AWARDS
2008.

Yahoo! Collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online
this 2008, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and few from other
e-mail providers. 12 people are selected monthly to benefit from this
promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners this month of JULY 2008.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS

Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers. Yahoo
Prize Award must be claime d not less than 3Weeks from the date of Draw
Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and
returned to its source as unclaimed Prize/Fund.

**STATED BELOW ARE YOUR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
**BATCH NUMBER: MFI/07/APA-53659
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234523
FILE NUMBER: YAHOO/UK76-441/08

You are Advised to contact your Claim Agent with the below contact details
and forward your winning and personal identification numbers to him:

CLAIM AGENT NAME : MR DON SMITH** * * TEL : +44-703
1893507*
* +44-703 1893782*
*CONTACT E-MAIL: ** worldwilde_international_agent@yahoo.com*
*PERSONAL E-MAIL: donsmith_worldworldagent@yahoo.com** ** *

*You are advised to send the below following informations to your claim
agent to enable him facilitate the release of your fund to you by our Paying
Bank.

1. Your Full name:
2. Your Country:
3. Contact Address:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Fax Number:
6. Marital Status:
7. Occupation:
8. Sex:*
*9. Age:

Congratulations!!! Once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs Susan Robson. *
*(Awards Notification Officer)*

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