419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- segurobilbao01ex@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: Notification Mail <march2008_draw@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:49:38 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-15?Q?Ref:_Y-I-L/_0011097_=94Yahoo_Int._Award_Program_March-?=
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Yahoo! Inc. Headquarters. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Yahoo_Headquarters.jpg]701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089
You have won $520,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
(Yahoo! Mail) Messenger <ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7586><HIGHLIGHTTEXT id=ms__id7587> </HIGHLIGHTTEXT></ATOMICELEMENT><ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7585></ATOMICELEMENT>
YAHOO INTERNET AWARD(arabtrans@arabtrans.com src="http://www.arabtrans.com/email.gif) [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=arabtrans@arabtrans.com]
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAVE WON $520,000.00!

<ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7461></ATOMICELEMENT><ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7467></ATOMICELEMENT>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. <ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7470></ATOMICELEMENT>We hereby inform you that you have won a prize money of ($520,000.00) (Five Hundred And Twenty Thousand US Dollars) for the month of (MARCH-2008). Yahoo Internet Promotion Program is organized by yahoo.messenger and microsoft. <ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7561><HIGHLIGHTTEXT id=ms__id7562> </HIGHLIGHTTEXT></ATOMICELEMENT><ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7471><HIGHLIGHTTEXT id=ms__id7472> </HIGHLIGHTTEXT></ATOMICELEMENT>YAHOO! collects all the mail id of all the yahoo and microsoft users online, among the millions that subscribe to the world email we only select twelve people draw as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner application, <ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7475></ATOMICELEMENT>We congratulates you for been one of the selected winners for the month of March draw. All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Eight 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 seasonly.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative, as indicated in the electronic balloting system and your prize of $520,000.00 USD will be released to you from this regional branch office in Spain. After due verifications and confirmations.
<ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7479></ATOMICELEMENT>These are your identification numbers. Batch number..................... S.B (09445) ES Lotto number.......................L5W220308<ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7491></ATOMICELEMENT> Winning Ref. number...................Y-I-L/0011097
To begin your claims, kindly contact the Fudiciary Agent: (Dr. Victor Sanchez) of SEGUROS BILBAO on telephone nº: <?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: +34693100298" onclick="javascript:doRunCMD('call','0',null,0);return skype_tb_stopEvents();" onmouseout="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,0,'0',false,16,'');" context="+ 34-693 100 298" durex="0"><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:\Users\ECHE-C~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Low\__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache\e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506\static\inactive_a.compat.stat.w16.gif)"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgFlag id=skype_tb_img_f0 style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(C:\Users\ECHE-C~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Low\__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache\e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506\static\famfamfam/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>+ 34-693 100 298. </SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN>/ Fax nº: + 34-965 992 201. email contacts :- info_segbilbaoex01consultant@ozu.es [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or] [mailto:urobilbao@or]or [mailto:urobilbao@or] segurobilbao01ex@aim.com [mailto:segurobilbao01ex@aim.com] and You are required to contact this office with immediate effect to declear your winning by present the following details: 1. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER2. FULL NAME3. ADDRESS4. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN5. TELEPHONE NUMBER6. FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)7. EMAIL ADDRESS8. AGE 9. OCCUPATION10.SEX11.THE MONTH YOU WON<ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7522></ATOMICELEMENT>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 their 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 program by participant/non-participant or unofficial personnel. Congratulations once again and compliments of the season! Yours Sincerely, (Jerry Yang)
MR. JERRY YANG (PHD) YAHOO CEOYahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089<ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7530></ATOMICELEMENT> <ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7462></ATOMICELEMENT><ATOMICELEMENT id=ms__id7552></ATOMICELEMENT>

(Jerry Yang)
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