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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: "Dr \[Mrs\] Margaret Smith" <dr_margaret_smith@msn.com>
Reply-To: "Dr \[Mrs\] Margaret Smith" <davidjames_attorneys@gala.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:11:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YAHOO, AOL & WINDOWS LIVE ONLINE LOTTERY AWARD WINNER NOTIFICATION





YAHOO MAIL ONLINE LOTTERY


124 Stockport Road, Long sight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom

Attention: Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won prizemoneyof One Million Three Hundred &
Fifty Thousand British Pounds (£1,350,000.00) which was drawn yesterday for
2010 Prize promotion and organized by YAHOO, AOL & WINDOWS LIVE .YAHOO and
MICROSOFT collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,
among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmailand few from other
e-mail providers. Fifty people were selected to benefit from this promotion and
you happen to be one of the selected lucky winners.

Winner shall be paid in accordance with his/her settlement center. Yahoo prize
award must be claimed as soon as possible from date of draw notification. Any
prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your
identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/08/APA-43658, REFERENCE
NUMBER:2008234522PIN: 1208,WINNING NUMBER: 01 14 21 30 35 48 these numbers
fall within the African location file. As part of our security protocol you are
to quote this security code ymaowl/feb/xx10to your claim agent, to prevent scam.
You are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Johannesburg South Africa
with the following information;

David James Esq.
James & Associates.
Solicitors, Conveyancers & Notary Public
TEL: +27-782-865-151,
4th floor, Elephant House,
107 Market StreetCnr Von Williegh
Marshalltown, 2107,
Johannesburg, Republic Of South Africa
E-Mail: davidjames_attorneys@gala.net, davidjamesattorneys@gala.net

1. Full
Names.........................................................................2.
Country..................................
3. Contact
Address.............................................................4. Telephone
Number…………………………
5. Fax
Number...................................................................6.
Marital Status.............................
7.
Occupation.....................................................................8. Date
of birth..............................
9.
Sex...............................................................................10.
Batch Number...........................
11. Reference Number........................................................12.
Pin Number...............................
13. Email Address…………………………………………………………….14. Winning
Number........................
.15. Amount Won...............................………………………..16. Security
Code……………………….

Congratulations!! Once again.
Yours in service,

Dr. (Mrs.) Margaret Smith
WARNING!!!
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other
organizations of yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information
from you and lay claim over your prize win. In event that you receive any
e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete
it from your mailbox and give no further correspondence to such person or body

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