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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: YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY AWARDS <dr_c_059@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <b_anna_powell_2008@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:51:27 +0000
Subject:







You won £600,000.00 Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!







Messenger









YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY

















Yahoo Awards Center

124 Stockport Road , Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom .
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS)(£600, 000.00) for the month of January, 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.
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 / CLAIMS
Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed.

Stated below are your identification numbers:





These are your identification numbers..........




Batch number.......................AT-040-SB06-03




SERIAL NO:........................652-662




LUCKY NO:...................7-14-18-23-31-45
These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning dentification numbers to her:













Mrs.ANNA POWELL
Chief Communications Officer Senior Vice President
Contact Email: *( b_anna_powell_2008@yahoo.es )



Agent's Name: ANNA POWELL

E-Mail: anna_powell_2008@hotmail.com
E-Mail: b_anna_powell_2008@yahoo.es

You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you.

1. Full name................................
2. Country...................................3. Contact Address......................4. Telephone Number...................
5. fax Number.............................5. Marital Status..........................6. Occupation..............................7. Sex.........................................
8. Date of Birth .....................................
9. Identity card(carte identite)...............


Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,












Dr.Adam k Rosenfeld
Mr. Adam K Rosenfeld (Awards coordinator)
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WARNING!You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims to yourself until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claims.Yahoo Awards Team shall not be held liable for any loss of funds arising from the above mentioned








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