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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.

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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "yahoo/msn lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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: "MRS.PAULINE WALCOTT" <claimsagent_awards@walla.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:29:50 +0200
Subject: YAHOO/MSN AWARD NOTIFICATION LETTER!!!

Online Info.------------------

                            YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INTL INC.

                           
                    124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB,

                                                  United Kingdom.

                                         

                              RE:AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE!!!

(i)   BATCH NUMBER:YPA/07-43658
(ii)  REFERENCE NUMBER:2007234522
(iii) PIN:  1206

WE DONT TOLERATE PIRACY OR SCAM !

Be A Winner !!!

CONGRATULATIONS: We are please to announce to you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the Free Lotto draw held on 1st AUGUST 2007,All 6 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of nine hundred thousand international emails and few from other e-mail  providers.... YAHOO/MSN INC Draw. Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total payout of USD£150,000,00  (ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) only. Your email address emerged along side 5 others as a category to winner in this year's Annual.   We are proud to say that over UK £1.5 Billion are won annually in more than 170 countries world wide. All participant were selected through computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia,Europe,Middle East,Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.   YAHOO/MSN LOTTO . Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of GBP £150,000.00  (One hundred and fifty thousand pounds) only.The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order: Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account within 48 hours of completion of the authentication. Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & High Court of Justice.

To file for your claim, please contact our regional claiming agent in Nigeria who is obliged to guide you on the steps to making claims on your winning. She  is your claims agent.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENTS HERE FOR MORE DETAILS

Rev.Donald Town                             FIDUCIARY CLAIMS AGENT                           ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL  LOTTERY INC.                Official Email:claimsagent_awards@walla.com                              PHONE NUMBER: +447-024-073-101                                                   Fill and return            Full name.....       Winning email.....       Occupation.........       Nationality       Sex.........       Tel...........       Age.......                                NOTE: You must forward your REF No, BATCH No and your PIN No to the regional agent for filing. All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained from the Gaming Board to complete the claims process. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, You are been requested to fill the Winners Application Form for payment which will be sent to you from your regional claims agent  and after filling it send back to your regional claims agent the form together with your winning information:- Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. Finally, This award notification letter was send to you from Dr (Mrs) Pauline Walcott who happens to be the YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR , August / September 2007.you make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,

                   

  
Dr. (Mrs.) Pauline Walcott

YAHOO/MSN APPROVED

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim 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. NOTE, all winnings must be claimed before 30th of  SEPTMBER 2007; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organization. To file your claim,please contact our fiduciary agent with the informations provided for you above.:

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO  DISQUALIFICATION

Copyright 2007 Yahoo/MSN Lottery Prize Award. All right Reserved.

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