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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: awars@awards.com
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 03:39:38 +0000
Subject: AWARDS LOTTERY & WINDOWS LIVE




Yahoo Micro-soft Awards Center

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One million Great Britain Pounds (£1,000,000,00.) for the month of January, 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO MICRO-SOFT AWARDS LOTTERY & WINDOWS LIVE.

MICRO-SOFT YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to MICRO-SOFT Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Sixty thousand people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Micro-Soft Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed on or before one month (1) after the Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2006234522 PIN: 1206

Winning Number:



These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning identification numbers to him;

Foreign Service Manager
B.J Agency LLC & Consultant
124 Stockport, Long Sight, Manchester
M60 2DB
UNITED KINGDOM /(Customer Services)
Agent Name: Mr. Bobby James
Tel: +44-750-845-8402
Fax +44-7006-017-358

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. Date of birth......................
8. Sex.................................
9.Batch Number.................................
10.Reference Number.................................
11.Pin Number................................
12. Winning Number................................
13.Amount Won................................

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,





Dr. (Mrs.) Felicia Daniel

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WARNING!

Do not disclose to people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.

You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying 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.

Winning Number:
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