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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: "Corbin, Shameika S" <scorbin@uncfsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 05:24:32 -0400
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Your_Email_Won=2E=2E=2E=28=A3500=2C000=29_Contact=3A_n?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?ationalclaim240=40gmail=2Ecom?=

Yahoo Lottery
Incoperation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te
United Kingdom
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS(£500,000) of our yearly bonanza of MAY 24TH 2008 Lottery promotion which organize by YAHOO & HOTMAIL LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO & HOTMAIL MICROSOFT WINDOWS in conjunction , collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo we only select 15 people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim,Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.Yahoo and Hotmail Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won.Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................YHM09102XN
Reff number......................YHM35447XN
Winning number...................YHM09788
You are therefore advised to send the following information to Fudiciary manager.
MR.JAMES HAROLD
REMMITANCE DIRECTOR
YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK
Tel: # +44 704-571-3956
FAX # +44-871-247-6662
E-mail: nationalclaim240@gmail.com
1. Full name......................................
2. Country.........................................
3. Contact Address.................................
4. Telephone Number................................
5. Marital Status..................................
6. Occupation......................................
7. Company.........................................
8. Age ............................................
9. Nationality.....................................
10.Sex.............................................
11.Next of Kin:....................................
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you.
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,
Mrs Shameika Corbin
(Online co-ordinator)



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