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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: logistic pp <logisticpp27@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:33:43 -0400
Subject: Yahoo/Msn Lottery



























































Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incoperation P.o.Box 5166Accra North Accra-Ghana For Ghana @50 anniversary Microsoft Celebrate with Ghana@50 This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only($2,250,000.00) for the month of Marh 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of
the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed
to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our
winners through electronic balloting System without the winner
applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
You are to contact the events manager on or before your date of Claim,
Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.Yahoo/Msn
Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 10 days from date of Draw
Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not
claimed within this period will be forfeited. These are your identification numbers: Batch number.....................YM 09102XNReff number.......................YM35447XNWinning number...................YM09788
These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to
contact the events manager, send your winning identification numbers to
him,to enable him verify your claims.However you will
have to fill and submit this form to the events manager for
verification & direction on how you can claim your winning fund. 1. Full name..............2. Contact Address........ 3. Age....................4. Telephone Number.......5. Marital
Status......... 6. Sex.................... 7. Next Of Kin............ 8. Zip Code...............9. Occupation............. 10. Company................ 11.State:................. 12.Country................ 13.Nationality............ 14. Your Reference and Batch number are at the top of this mail: (CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER) Name:Mr.Morgan Harrison Email:claimslogisticpp@sify.com
Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again! Yours faithfully, Mr.Brain Hunt (Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).













































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