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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. Rose Kelit" <u.k.c.p.lotty372@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 15:34:21 +0000
Subject: Window Live and Yahoo Beta Award Notification

























Yahoo Beta Awards Center
124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom



















This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS STERLING (₤700,000.00) in the YEAR 2007 YAHOO! Lottery promotion which is organized YAHOO! LOTTERY INC and HOTMAIL for the introduction and Launching of the new YAHOO! BETA MAIL and Windows Live Mail Beta which all YAHOO! And HOTMAIL subscribers are required to switch to. YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribe at YAHOO!, HOTMAIL and others we only selected THREE (3) candidates as our winners after undergoing the random selection process through Electronic Balloting System (E.B.S) without the candidate applied, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.


PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center . 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.
Stated below are your identification numbers:

IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number.....................YBM-WBS-2007390AF Reff number........................YBM-WBS-200704522AF Winning number...............YBM-WBS-200778AF





These numbers above fall within the United Kingdom agent's Location file, you are requested to contact him and send your Identification Numbers and Personal Information to him;

YOUR AGENTR DR.MARK HIS EMAIL:
E-mail: dr.markscott1965@yahoo.it

You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund with the appointed paying bank.

Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him so that he will proceed further for your prize claim immediately:

PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full name..................
2. Country.................... 3. Contact Address...... 4. Telephone Number.. 5. Marital Status......... 6. Occupation.............. 7. Age..........................
8. Sex...........................
Scanned copy of your international passport or driving license
Congratulations!! Once again.




We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account and Hotmail account.Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo! and Hotmail
You select how to transfer the prize money to you






Cheque Delivery To Your Address



Bank Account Transfer

















Yours in service,
Mrs. Rose Kelit















KEEP THIS PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE MONEY.

NOTE THAT NOBODY OR EVEN THE APPOINTED BANK HAS THE RIGHT TO TOUCH, DEDUCT/CUT OR GET ACCESS TO YOUR PRIZE MONEY FOR ANY REASON THEY HAVE BEEN WARNED STRICTLY!

You may also receive similar e-mails from people potraying 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 mail box 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 mentioned









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