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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: "Yahoo! Mail" <webmailinfo@jguihhh.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 05:42:33 +0100
Subject: Yahoo! Mail Congratulates You!


Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 5 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five Hundred Thousand Great Britian Pounds Sterling for the month of June, 2008 in the Yahoo Mail! promotion which is organized by yahoo.com every month.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate 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 British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of five hundred thousand British Pounds will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.......................Lwh 09445
Lotto number........................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447

To begin your claims, kindly contact our claims agent at this email address:
edclaimsofficebox@googlemail.com
His name is Mr. Edgar Walters
George Bala(Secretary)
+447045771479

You are required to forward him the following details:
1.FULL NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS
4.SEX
5.DATE OF BIRTH
6.AGE
7.OCCUPATION
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER
9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)
10.MARITAL STATUS
11.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
12 THE MONTH YOU WON

As soon as you contact him, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money.

Congratulations once more!!

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Lance Hoppes
PROMO CO-ORDINATOR.

Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to register or be a Yahoo! registered user before winning. (Cost of delivery of winnings is the sole responsibility of winners as Yahoo! exempts itself from any cost that may arise)

Note: Do not reply this mail: Contact your claims agent for processing of payment as indicated in your winning notification. Thank You


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