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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.Amelia Hunt" <lotto@indline.com>
Reply-To: deborah3scott@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:29:03 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: Just Updated




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FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF:YAHOO7/315116127/27

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Yahoo! Financial
promotions held this month.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263-267, batch number
8254297137,lottery ref number 7336065782 and drew lucky numbers
14-22-28-37-40-44 consequently won you the cash prize in the 1st
category,you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
1,000,000.00( One Million British Pounds).

Please note that this Promotional Programmes tagged "Thanks for
contributing to our financial Success" was sponsored and organized by the
Yahoo! Corporation in view of the Financial benefits YAHOO! have received
from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal
emails. The reason this lottery was organized is to thank the numerous
public including users and non-users of YAHOO!
MAIL/MICROSOFT for the financial benefits THE YAHOO! CORPORATION&MICROSOFT
have received as a result of their Patronages.This Lottery is approved and
licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This
lottery is the first of its kind organised by YAHOO!. In view of this,
your One Million British Pounds (1,000,000.00) would be released to you
by the claims office here in United Kingdom.

To file for your claims, please contact our claims director Mrs. Deborah
Scott who is in-charge of the claims office in London. please contact him
through email to claim your One Million British Pounds.

You are to contact the claims officer with his office email address
provided in the below details:

Mrs. Deborah Scott
REMITTANCE DIRECTOR
YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK
44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL United Kingdom
Email: deborah1scott@yahoo.com.hk


For processing and remittance of your winnings, you are required
to-contact our designated claims officer with the following under listed
information's:
APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM
(Receipt Official Notification Letter)
FULL NAMES*
CONTACT ADDRESS*
COUNTRY*
SEX*
AGE*
MARITAL STATUS*
OCCUPATION*
NATIONALITY*
TELEPHONE NUMBER*
EMAIL ADDRESS*
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENSE (identification on delivery)*
TICKET NUMBER*
*SERIAL NUMBER*
BATCH NUMBER*
REFERENCE NUMBER*

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Amelia Hunt,
Online Promotions Manager,
Uk Administrative Unit.

IMPORTANT NOTICE : All replies and queries or questions concerning your
All claims should be sent to Mrs. Deborah Scott via this email
deborah1scott@yahoo.com.hk

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