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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: LOTTERY PROMOTION <methods.001169@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:38:49 +0200
Subject: =?Windows-1252?Q?CONGRATULATIONS!!_YOU_HAVE_WON_[GBP=A3550,000,00]?=








Yahoo Incorporation CenterP O Box 5079.
Manchester, United Kingdom.(Customer Services)
Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw held on the 2Nd of July, 2007 in Manchester,United Kingdom.

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 through Our Central Computer draw System, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of £250,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ONLY )
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of somemultinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base and way of saying thanks for supporting Yahoo Incoporation world wide. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our African representative office in Johannesburg, South Africa, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £550,000,00 will be released to you through our corresponding agent.
Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: UKYL/06/APA-43658REFERENCE NUMBER: 20072345299PIN: 6060

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Yahoos Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be contacted as follows:




NAME: Mr. Joseph Malapo
PHONE: +27-838-861-921
Email: josephmalapo@yahoo.com
Email: lotteryagent333@yahoo.co.uk
Provide him with the information below:
Congratulations once more!!




1) Full name...............................
2) Contact Address.....................3) Telephone Number.................
4)Fax Number............................5) Marital Status.........................6) Occupation.............................
7) My Date of birth......................8) Sex.................................

9) Ref: No…………………………
10) Batch: No……………………….
1) Pin:.......................

12) Nationality ................
13) Country of resident.................
14) Beneficiary……………………

15) Company Details where you work…
16) Email Address...............

That your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when cashing your Draft i.e. Drivers license or International passport. 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 part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
Good luck from me and members of Yahoo lottery Incorporation here in United Kingdom.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mary BlessingOnline coordinator for Yahoo lottery Inc.Uk
The Yahoo.com staffYahoo.com http://www.yahoo.co.uk



United Kingdom Yahoo! Lottery Results Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.
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