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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: Prize Award <googlecoordinator4@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 06:28:51 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!!





You Have Just Won £820,000,00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds{ GBP})

FROM:YAHOO MICROSOFT AWARD CENTRE 124 Stockport Road, Long sight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom. YAHOO MICROSOFT 2007 AWARD AND WINDO PROMOTION This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Eight Hundred; Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (£820,000,00.) Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds{ GBP} for the 2007 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE. This Program is organized to Promote and Encourage yahoo Window Users. YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners. PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed thought their Accredited Agents in America, Canada or United Kingdom Any prize not claimed would be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658REFERENCE NUMBER: 2006234522PIN: 1206 These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in England and send your winning identification numbers to him, He is Mr. Mark Walter, Mark Walter Consortium Agent Name: Mr. Mark Walter Address: 23 Bedford Row, High Osborn, London, WC1R 4EB, England E-Mail: markwalter1@consultant.com E-Mail: markconsultantoffice44@yahoo.co.uk Tel:+44 703 189 7028 FAX: + 44-870 4 799306 For more information you can call or write to Mr.Mark Walter, on Tel:+44 703 189 7028/ FAX: +44-870 4 799306, Email: markwalter1@consultant.com,Please note that all correspondence regarding your claim and urgent response from us must be Directed to these email address only {markwalter1@consultant.com} 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 Batch,Reference and pin numbers.



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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. Dr. (Mrs.) Mercy MartinsZonal Codinator, United KingdomAward Promotion.-------------------------------- WARNING! Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mailbox and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentionedWE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THESE IS NOT A BOGUS WINNING OR ANOTHER PYRAMID OF MONEY MAKING BUSSINESS.
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