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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 AWARDS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ken_cahoot@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 20:09:13 -0600
Subject: YAHOO/MSN AWARDS.

Dear Sir/Madam

We are delighted to inform you that you have won the sum of 900,000.00 British Pounds from YAHOO/MSN Awards programme.

YAHOO 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.Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

For Further inquires on how to claim your Prize, contact your clearing agent for more details.

Contact Person:Prof Ken C.
City / Country: MaryLand, USA
Tel: +14432249676
Contact Email: ken_cahoot@yahoo.com.ph

You are required to forward to him with the following details:

APPLICATION FOR THE CLAIM OF FUND.

I write to lay claims over my winnings as announced by YAHOO/MSN prize award.

Below are my Personal Information;

BATCH NUMBER: YPA/08-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522
PIN: 1206
Full name:
Address:
Nationality:
Mobile:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:


Thanks for your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Carol Jones
Online co-ordinator.

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