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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: "Mrs Tenika Armstead" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sircharon_gatewood@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 09:39:20 +0530
Subject: FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT OF YOUR WINNING

YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE
22 Garden Close, Stamford ,
Lincs , PE9 2YP ,
London United Kingdom .
NOTIFICATION (Yahoo Msn ON 2010)

Ref No: Ref: LWh09446
Batch Number: LWh09445
Winning number:LWh09447
Amount Won: £1,000,000.00

Dear Winner,

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The online Yahoo Msn Award draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked
by an advancedautomated random computer search from the internet. No
tickets were sold.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised
to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A"
winners witht he information below:

To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent
***************************************************
Contact: Sir.Charon Gatewood
Email: sircharon_gatewood@yahoo.com.hk
Direct Line:+447010045515
Event Manager II
***************************************************
You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
1. Your Full Names
2. Address & Country
3. Ref: Numbers
4. Batch Number
5. Phone/fax
6. Age / Marital Status
7.Occupation/ position/ Years of Experience

as indicated in this winning Notification and Phone numbers.
Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the interative Lotteries Board Commission,

Sincerely,
Mrs Tenika Armstead

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