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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: Susan Barbin Amate <bellolawal010@live.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:26:43 -0800
Subject: Susan Barbin Amate

You won $1, 000000.00! YAHOO GROUP congratulates you!
                              
CONGRATULATIONS

YOU WON $1, 000000.00!

YAHOO GROUP gives (YEARLY LOTTERY WIN PROMOTION) random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly
selected as the one of 50 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes
from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of
($1,000000.00) for the YEARLY LOTTERY WIN PROMOTION which is organized by
YAHOO GROUP every year.

YAHOO GROUP only select twelve people every year among millions of E-MAILS
as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner
applying. We are therefore congratulating you for been one of the people
selected. All participant were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from millions of E-mail addresses from Canada , Australia ,
United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of
our international promotions programme which is conducted annually.

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 ARABIAN
representative office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of
US$1,000000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office -
The Arabian Finance Trust Bank-Dubai.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our New Year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE


These are your identification numbers

Batch number.....................06/05/046

Code number.......................23109222
Winning number...................    <>

To begin your claims, kindly contact the  claim agent,

Dr Bello Lawal
bellolawal010@live.com
You are required to forward him with the following details:
1.FULL NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS.
4. DATE OF BIRTH
5.OCCUPATION
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER
7.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)
8.MARITAL STATUS
9.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND CODE NUMBER
10. SCANNED INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE, / I, D CARD
As soon as you contact the Agent, he will advice you on what to do in
order to get your prize money.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public 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
 Susan Barbin Amate



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