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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: Mail Info <mailinfo_03@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:11:18 +0200
Subject: YAHOO AWARD WINNING 2007


LOTTERY RESULTS 2007 YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY (arabtrans@arabtrans.com src="http://www.arabtrans.com/email.gif) [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=arabtrans@arabtrans.com]
CONGRATULATIONS!Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing 12 Years Yahoo lottery Award of the New Year 2007. All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $600.000 USD) This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative office in Madrid Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ( $600.000USD) will be released to you from this regional branch office in Madrid.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.Batch number.....................Lwh 09445Lotto number.......................Lwh09446Winning number...................Lwh09447Serial number......Lwh0094478 Yahoo!'s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows: ACER SEGUROS ESPAÑA S.A AVENIDA DE TORES 15.28006 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on">MADRID</st1:State> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">SPAIN</st1:place></st1:country-region>CONTACT PERSON:MR.FRED LONG Tel: +34 663 710 692Fax: +34 911 84 9893: acerseguros@aim.com [mailto:acerseguros@aim.com]Telephone lines are open between the hours of 8:00am-19:30pm.Monday -Saturday ...Ext...001 You are to send the completed verification form below to the Agent in the Madrid Spain whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!! 1. FULL NAME2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN3. PRESENT ADRESS.4. DATE OF BIRTH5. OCCUPATION6. TELEPHONE NUMBER6. FAX NUMBER 7. MARITAL STATUS8. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel. Yours Sincerely, DR. Vinton G. Cerf
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