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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: =?UTF-8?Q?=D7=90=D7=95=D7=A4=D7=99=D7=A8=20=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=99?= <100ofir33@walla.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:43:02 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=43=4F=4E=47=52=41=54=55=4C=41=54=49=4F=4E=53=21=21=21=20=59=4F=55=20=48=41=56=45=20=57=4F=4E=20=54=48=45=20=53=55=4D=20=4F=46=20=24=38=30=30=2C=30=30=30=2E=30=30=20=55=53=44=28=43=4F=4E=54=41=43=54=20=73=74=65=76=65=61=6D=73=74=69=6C=6C=35=40=67=6D=61=69=6C=2E=63=6F=6D=20=29?=


Yahoo Awards Center
From The Desk Of The Promotions Manager
International Promotions/Yahoo Award Center
124 Stockport Road, Long sight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
Date:26/10/2013


This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (USD 800,000.00) Eight hundred thousand United States Dollars for the Prize promotion draw which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & MICROSOFT WINDOWS LIVE. The email selection balloting machine collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Eight people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 25 days from date of Draw Notification.

Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers:

IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:

Batch number....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number.......................YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
PIN: 1291
These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in London and send your winning identification numbers to him; Below you will find a Documentation  Form, requesting you're required Particulars.



YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM


FULL NAMES:

ADDRESS:

CITY:

STATE:

ZIP:
PHONE:

FAX:

COUNTRY:

SEX:

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

OCCUPATION:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:

You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas /United Kingdom Claim Agent with the below email address.

Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit
Contact Person: Name: Rev. Fr.Steve Amstill
Tel/+44703-597-8853
Email: steveamstill@outlook.com or steveamstill092@gmail.com




CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, I remain
Yours in service,

Dr. (Mrs.) Amanda Ford.
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WARNING!
Be careful not to disclose your Prize Award details to anybody until your money is successful handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.



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