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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: YAHOO/MSN CENTRE COMPANY <ajay_pandey_86@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: rvpastorrichardsmith2011agent@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:25:11 +0530 (IST)
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $1,000.000 USD (One Million USD)YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY 2011 PROMOTION !!!.


YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION! 2011.
Inc operation bailey house,har road Sutton,
greater London sm14te united kingdom.
Date Of Winning / JUNE: 16/06 / 2011.
Amount Payout to Winners:($1,000.000 USD) (One Million United State Dollars)                         *********************************************************************************************************

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $1,000.000 USD (One Million USD)YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY 2011 PROMOTION !!!.

Dear Lucky Winner.
                                                                                  
This is to inform you that your E-mail Address have won a prize money of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS  ($1,000.000 USD) credited to file KY/W0254674679BQ, for the month of  JUNE 2011 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO /MSN ONLINE LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online through yahoo messenger charting rooms, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and Gmail, we only select Five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the Lucky Winner selected this month.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Yahoo/MSN Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and Cancel.

These are your identification Winning numbers:

Batch number.....................YM 1109102XN
Reff number.......................YM354437XN
Winning number.......YM 11 13 88 54 04 98

These numbers fall within the U.K agent's Location file, you are requested to contact our Claims Department using the contact information below for more information on how you can claim your prize money, send your winning identification numbers to  them through E-mail Below .

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All Asian Country's Winners will Received their winning prize through our Special Diplomatic Delivery Company, Our special Diplomatic agent will personally come to your Country and Deliver  your winning money to you at your Home Address and handle over all your winning documents to you for your good Security.
 
NOTE: That Yahoo/MSN Lottery Company, Guide All Winners to be sure that all  Winners Received Their Award Winning Prize. We provide a Respectful Man of GOD to be our Trusted processing claimed agent 2011, We advise you to contact the respectful MAN OF GOD Claim Agent,MR.PASTOR RICHARD SMITH. Yahoo/Msn Lottery 2011 Respectful Processing Claim Agent.

CLAIMS DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFO;

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR TRUSTED AND RESPECTFUL CLAIM AGENT WITH THIS E-MAIL BELOW:

CONTACT PERSON:........MR. PASTOR  RICHARD  SMITH.
E-mail:    rvpastorrichardsmith2011agent@gmail.com
Contact Phone Number: +447017700212
Contact Mobile Number :+447017700196
 
         
 WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM FOR PAYMENT !!

PLEASE FILL BELOW PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM FOR PAYMENT AND SEND IT TO THE CLAIM AGENT THROUGH HIS E-MAIL BEFORE THE DATE OF PRIZE CLAIMED WILL BE OVER.

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims department to facilitate their verification on your winning.

(1).  FULL NAME .............................................
(2).  FULL ADDRESS ..........................................
(3).  NATIONALITY............................................
(4).  AGE....................................................
(5).  OCCUPATION.............................................
(6).  YOUR WORKING PLACE ADDRESS...../ POSITION..............
(7).  TELEPHONE NUMBER / MOBILE..............................
(8).  DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION...........................
(9).  SEX....................................................
(10). TOTAL AMOUNT WON........................................
(11). MARITAL STATUS ........................................
(12). YOUR WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS.............................
(13)..YOUR PRESENT ADDRESS...................................
(14). NAME OF YOUR STATE.....................................
*(15)**. Have you ever won an Online Lottery.................?

(16) . SCAN A COPY OF YOUR ID OR YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR PROOF.
                              
Scan a copy of your ID or International passport Copy and send together with this payment form to the claim agent through email address, Your ID COPY OR your International COPY is your Personal PROOF and The PAYMENT FORM, this will enable MR.PASTOR RICHARD SMITH to processing your winning prize easy and Transfer the winning award prize to you through our Special Diplomatic Delivery agent.

Mode of Prize Payment.( Payment By DIPLOMATIC DELIVERY Only)**Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you**

Attachment to this E-mail is a scan copy of your Winning Certificate.
 
Our promotions is a legal event authorized by the IEEE world-wide and we pay via Cheques, cash and other monetary ways. With !NEWYAHOO ! MSN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION, you stand a chance of winning. Our promotions is real and the dream of impacting the general public with sense of better life is our aim. We will make you a winner of an amount you never thought of owning,From the tune of  $1 Million U.S.D to $5.5 million U.S.Dollars by NEXT PROMOTIONS.

PAYMENT INFO.

Once you have been notified of your participation and winning, and your profile details and lucky draw numbers have been received, we will pay in , DIPLOMATIC DELIVERY BY CONSIGNMENT SECURITY BOX,equivalent to the amount Won by Your E-mail. Congratulations winner. Thanks for being part of our promo and thanks for using our internet browsers.

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,

David Williams (PhD) Event Cordinator.
(24HRs SERVECS ) +447010050012
OFFICE CONTACT    :+447010050008
YAHOO ! MSN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS .s 2011 )
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