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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "yahoo lottery inc"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: jyothi pant <jyothipant4u@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:38:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: please reply soon


Sir ,below is the mail I received please inform me it
is the wright mail for further process.
thanking you Jyothi kumar pant


22/8/2006




Dear Sir/Madam,

The Board of Directors "Yahoo Lottery Inc" wishes to
announce to you the results of the Email Address
Ballot Lottery International Programs held on tuesday
22th May 06. Your email account was picked as a Winner
of Jackpot Prize of TWO HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ONLY {£210,100.00}.


LUCKY NOS: -5 25 45 55

BATCH NO: YLI2452006

Based on the above notification, you should quote the
information to the Processing Agent FR.MOORE RICE for
identification of your winning claims and to enable
him release to you your Winners' Certificate. The
prize you have won through your email account will be
paid to you by one of our nominated Paying Banks
selected by the Board of Directors"Yahoo Lottery Inc"
as soon as you communicate FR.MOORE RICE through the
same email account that won the prize for you.


***CONTACT FR.MARKSON KEN.
EMAIL:marksonken_01@yahoo.co.ukFor security reasons,
you are advice to keep all your winning information
confidential till your prize is processed and paid to
you. This information is part of our precautionary
measures backed by the Yahoo Lottery Inc/International
Game Act to avoid double claims and UNWARRANTED ABUSE
of this programs by FRAUDULENT individual(s) in the
Internet.

PLEASE NOTE: Calls are not allowed only use your Email
Account that won the prize to communicate the
Processing Agent through his Email Account.


Yours truly,


SUSAN DECKER
FOR: CHAIRMAN/CEO
YAHOO LOTTERY INC.
****************************************DISCLAIMER********************************************
This email and any files transmitted with it are
confidential and intended solely for the use of the
individual or entity to which they are addressed. If
you have received this email in error please notify
the Yahoo Mail system manager. This message contains
confidential information and is intended only for the
email account named. If you are not the named
addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or
copy this e-mail.

YAHOO! was founded in 1994 by Stanford Ph.D. students
David Filo and Jerry Yang. It began as a hobby and has
evolved into a global brand that has changed the way
people communicate with each other, conduct
transactions and access, share, and create
information. Today, led by an executive team that
includes Chairman and CEO Terry Semel, Chief Operating
Officer Dan Rosensweig, Chief Financial Officer Susan
Decker, Chief Technology Officer Farzad Nazem, and
Co-Founders/Chief Yahoos Jerry Yang and David Filo,
Yahoo! Inc. has become the world's largest global
online network of integrated services. Yahoo! is a
leading Internet brand globally and the most
trafficked Internet destination worldwide. The company
is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with
offices around the globe.

Yahoo!'s top priority is to provide users with the
information they want, when they want it, how they
want it and on any device. To ensure this, Yahoo!
offers a broad and deep array of products and services
that provide our users with the power to connect,
communicate, and create, access, and share information
online.With this lotto programs for our customers
around the world.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM YAHOO INTERNATIONAL.








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