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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: "Dr. Barry Knight" <drbk112@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: europeanconsultlot@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:51:21 -0700
Subject: You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!


*You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you! * [image: Yahoo!
Mail] *Messenger *
**
*YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY*
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abtrans@arabtrans.com>

*CONGRATULATIONS!*


*YOU WON $820,000.00! *
**
**
*Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is
randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash
prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money
of (Eight Hundred And twenty Thousand US Dollars) ($820,000.00) for
the month of MayLottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger
and window live.com every month. *
* *
*YAHOO and WINDOW LIVE! collects all the mail id of the people that are
online, among the millions that subscribe to the world email we only select
five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System
without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the
people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from Nine 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 annually.*
*
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 Spanish representative office
in UNITED KINGDOM LONDON, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
$820,000.00 USD will be released to you from this regional branch office in
LONDON,*
*
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

* *These are your identification numbers.........*

* Batch number.....................Lwh 09445*
** *Lotto number.......................Lwh09446*
** *Winning number...................Lwh09447*
Serial number....................Lwh009482

*To begin your claims, kindly contact the Fiduciary Agent Mr. Ralph Winter
of EUROPEAN CONSULT LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
on email address: europeanconsultlot@hotmail.co.uk Tel: +447024030307,
+447024032013
*
*You are required to forward Them with 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 NUMBERS/CELL*
*9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)*
*10.MARITAL STATUS*
*11.WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.*
12 THE MONTH YOU WON.................
13 AMOUNT WON.....................
**
*As soon as you contact your agent, he will advise you on what to do in
order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!*

*For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public 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 programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.*

*Yours Sincerely,*
**
* <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/_javascript:Zoom(290075)>
*
*Dr. BARRY KNIGHT (PHD) *
*LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.*
*The Yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com/>* staff
*http://www.yahoo.com* <http://www.yahoo.com/>

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