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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: <betalo2007@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:15:39 +0100
Subject: YAHOO BETA LOTTERY AWARD 2007

YAHOO BETA LOTTERY AWARD 2007

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($300,000.00) for the YEAR 2007 Lottery promotion which was organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC for the introduction of the new YAHOO BETA MAIL which all YAHOO users are required to switch onto.
YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arrange and gather all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to All email Address, and others we only select Nine (9) candidates per annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without the candidate applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact our Claim Agent to claim your price with your winning number as directed.
Yahoo Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification.
Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (14 days) will be forfeited.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-360AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-718AF

These numbers above fall within the agent Location file, you are requested to contact your Agent and send your winning Numbers and Personal Information to him;
Mr Peter Liu (CLAIM AGENT) at his email:
E-mail: lpofficer@yahoo.com.cn

You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate and process the transfer of your fund with the appointed paying bank.
Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him immediately:
Personal Information
Full name..................
Country....................
Contact Address...........
Telephone Number.........
Occupation..................
Age.........................

Congratulations once again.

Yours in service,

YAHOO!!!!!!!
We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account.
Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!




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