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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: "Mrs. Maria A. Cruz" <jwsconsults57@excite.com>
Reply-To: jwsconsult7@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 07:51:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Official Notification from Yahoo.


Yahoo Lottery Incorporation
Barley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4TE United Kingdom.

Dear winner

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Nine Hundred Fifty thousand, Great Britain Pound Starlings (£950.000.00) for the month of September 2007. Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC. YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online; six people are selected Quarterly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners at this quarter.

These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................YM 09102XM
Ref number.......................YM35447XM
Winning number...................YM0988

You are to contact the event’s manager.

However you will have to submit the following information to the event Manager.
1. Full name..............2. Contact Address........3. Age....................4. Telephone Number.......5.Sex....................6.Occupation...........7.State.................8.Country................9. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:

CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER:
Name: Mr. Johnson Richards
Tel: +447024019454, +447045708628
Fax: +44 7005 964787
Email: jhsrichards@hotmail.co.uk

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 21 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

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.

Congratulations.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Maria A. Cruz




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