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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: "your.e.mail won" <call_youragent@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:59:07 +0100
Subject: International notification.congratulations!!!






You won €560,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
(Yahoo! Mail)Messenger
YAHOO INTERNET AWARD(arabtrans@arabtrans.com src="http://www.arabtrans.com/email.gif) [https://freemailng2801.web.de/jump.htm?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fmail%2Eyahoo%2Ecom%2Fconfig%2Flogin%3F%2Fym%2FCompose%3FTo%3Darabtrans%40arabtrans%2Ecom]
CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON €560,000.00!

Yahoo Mail! gives their members random cash prizes. Today, your email account is randomly selected as one among the 12 top winners to get cash prizes. We hereby inform you that you have won a prize money of (Five Hundred And Sixty Thousand Euros) (€560,000.00) for the month of (December-2007). Yahoo Internet Promotion Program is organized by yahoo .messenger every month. YAHOO! collects all the mail id of all the yahoo users online, among the millions that subscribe to the world email we only select twelve people draw every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner application, We congratulates you for been one of the selected winners for the month of June. All participant were selected through a 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 monthly.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative, as indicated in the electronic balloting and your prize of €560,000.00 Euros, will be released to you from this regional branch office in Spain. After due verification/confirmation.These are your identification numbers. Remember [http://us.f585.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?box=Inbox&amp;Mid=3327_19113295_35493_1945_5284_0_3847_18543_2311113666&amp;inc=&amp;Search=&amp;YY=51815&amp;y5beta=yes&amp;y5beta=yes&amp;order=down&amp;sort=date&amp;pos=0&amp;view=a&amp;head=b#] That 5 percent Of your winning Fond.Will be sent back To Bilbao security.For Playing The Lottery On Your Behalf Batch number.....................G.S [http://us.f585.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?box=Inbox&amp;Mid=3327_19113295_35493_1945_5284_0_3847_18543_2311113666&amp;inc=&amp;Search=&amp;YY=51815&amp;y5beta=yes&amp;y5beta=yes&amp;order=down&amp;sort=date&amp;pos=0&amp;view=a&amp;head=b#] (09445) ES Lotto number.......................L5W220507 Winning Ref. number..........Y-I-L/0011097
To begin your claims, kindly contact the Fudiciary Agent DR PAUL FRANCIS OF (Grupo Harrison seguros.s.a.)Tel: <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = SKYPE /><SKYPE:SPAN onmouseup="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,1,'0',false,16,'');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" class=skype_tb_injection oncontextmenu="javascript:skype_tb_SwitchDrop(this,'0','sms=1');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" onmousedown="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,2,'0',false,16,'');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" id=softomate_highlight_0 onmouseover="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,1,'0',false,16,'');" title="Call this phone number in Spain with Skype: +34660278006" onclick="javascript:doRunCMD('call','0',null,0);return skype_tb_stopEvents();" onmouseout="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,0,'0',false,16,'');" durex="0" context="+&nbsp;34&nbsp;660&nbsp;278&nbsp;006"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgA id=skype_tb_droppart_0 title="This is a Spain phone number. The country code cannot be changed." style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(C:DOCUME~1adminCONFIG~1Temp__SkypeIEToolbar_Cachecaea264d80cf3346d48a96a3762727b1staticinactive_a.compat.stat.w16.gif)"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgFlag id=skype_tb_img_f0 style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(C:DOCUME~1adminCONFIG~1Temp__SkypeIEToolbar_Cachecaea264d80cf3346d48a96a3762727b1static amfamfam/ES.gif)"></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgS_stat id=skype_tb_img_s0></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_injectionIn id=skype_tb_text0><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_innerText id=skype_tb_innerText0>+ 34 660 278 006</SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgR id=skype_tb_img_r0></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN>Fax: + 34 658 656 399Email:harrisonpromo@aim.com [mailto:harrisonpromo@aim.com]You are required to forward this office with the following details: 1.FULL NAME2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN3. AMOUNT WON NOTE: Do remember to quote your identification numbers in contacting your agent and they will direct you on how to process and claim your winning prize money and for security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from "public notice" until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Congratulations once more!! Yours Sincerely, [https://freemailng2801.web.de/jump.htm?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fmail%2Eyahoo%2Ecom%2Fconfig%2Flogin%3F%2F_javaacriptt%3AZoom%28290075%29]
Dr.CLIFF MOORE (PHD)LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.The Yahoo.com [https://freemailng2801.web.de/jump.htm?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fyahoo%2Ecom%2F] staff
http://www.yahoo.com [http://www.yahoo.com/]Castillo Blasco 16.Gatafe-121600MADRID-SPAIN
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