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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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Fraud email example:

From: YAHOO LOTTERY <YAHOOLOTTERY1990@web.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:08:30 +0200
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON THE YAHOO LOTTERY PRIZE ( CONGRATULATIONS )


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

YOU WON $1,000, 000.00 you have won the yahoo multi web users lottery (EXNAS LOTTERY)(Yahoo! Lottery) [http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12j3beaqm/M=251521.4110776.5321503.4005595/D=lottery/S=25942828:HEADR/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1144952688/A=1827261/R=3/SIG=10q6fuoc8/*http://lottery.yahoo.com]THE YAHOO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. INC

YAHOO LOTTERY INTL INC
Barley House Harold Road
Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te
United Kingdom. Ref: QGSL/941OYI/02
Batch: 12/25/DC34

Dear, Sir/Madam

YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Yahoo Lottery International programme held on the 27th of March 2007 in London.. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You are therefore,been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,000, 000.00 (One million, United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of US $50 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Fifty(50) lucky winners in this category. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your US$1,000, 000.00 ( One million,United States Dollars) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in London. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make con
tact with him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned .
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.

AGENT: Mr Jim PotterEmail: jimpotter1040@excite.com [mailto:jimpotter1040@excite.com]


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this programme.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programme.

Sincerely,
SIR John Barckley
Yahoo zonal coordinator .The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com [http://www.yahoo.com/]
(Yahoo! Lottery Results) [http://lottery.yahoo.com/] [mailto:YAHOOLOTTERY1990@WEB.DE]



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