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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: INFO MAIL <y.office01@web.de>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:58:06 +0200
Subject: YAHOO AWARD WINNING 2008


*/ /**/ YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY/**/ /* (Send email message) */CONGRATULATIO=
NS!/*Attention Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 10 lucky winners in=
the ongoing 12 Years Yahoo lottery Award of the Year 2008. All 10 winning=
email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 interna=
tional emails each from Canada. Australia. United State, Asia. Europe. Mid=
dle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions progr=
am which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a=
total pay out of SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $600.000 .00=
) This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multin=
ational companies and the WORLD BANK as part of their social responsibilit=
y to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Fur=
thermore your details (e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representa=
tive office in Madrid Spain as indicated in your play coupon and your priz=
e of ($600.000.00) will be released to you from this regional branch offic=
e in Madrid.

***HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE*
*/these are your identification numbers./**/Batch number:.................=
............12115-04/SZ/**Winning number:.......... RN/0999/171ESP** **Lot=
to numbers................... 9-13-21-30-31-44,* *NOTE THIS:* YOU ARE NOW =
BEING ADVISED TO CALL THE TELEPHONE NUMBER BELOW TO TRACK YOUR PAYMENT ON =
LINE WORLD BANK TELEPHONE BANKING SYSTEM THE WORLD BANK BANKERS BANK FUND =
CONFIRMATION UNIT IN SWITZERLAND THE WORLD BANK FUND CONFIRMATION UNIT TEL=
: 0041 -445801493 ext. 4 / FAX: 0041-43-430-21-02 LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD DEPO=
SIT ACCOUNT TRACKING NUMBER IS: 784285 # Yahoo!'s Agent for Notice of clai=
ms of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached=
as follows:As part of our security protocol you are to quote this securit=
y code to your claim agent. This to prevent scam YLAW/AUG/XX07 *GRUPO SANT=
ANDER* Area de Empresas,
Ciudad Grupo Santander,
Av. Cantabria, s/n,
28660 Boadilla del Monte
Madrid Spain,*Tel / fax: +34-634-063-242**//**/ /* gruposan@aim.com [mailt=
o:gruposan@aim.com] *Contact Person: Mr. M . P. Johnson** *** Telephone li=
nes are open between the hours of 8:00am-19:30pm.Monday -Saturday You are =
to send the completed verification form below to the Agent in the Madrid S=
pain whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on wha=
t to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!! 1. FULL NAME2=
. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN3. PRESENT ADDRESS.4. AGE............................SE=
X5. OCCUPATION6. TELEPHONE NUMBER6. FAX NUMBER 7. MARITAL STATUS8. SECURIT=
Y CODE9. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.10, WINNING E-MAIL =
ADDRESS11, AMOUNT WON For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep =
this information confidential from the public until your claim is processe=
d 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=
non-selected winner or unofficial personnel. Yours Sincerely,*/ /**//**//=
* *//**//* *//* Dr. Chris Carlos (Coordinator)*/--------------------------=
--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
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