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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: "yahoomailivelotteryinc" <kennedywebb_claimsdept@live.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:16:47 -1200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL WON A LOTTERY

YAHOO LOTTERY INCORPORATION
BALEY HOUSE, HART ROAD,
SUTTON, GREATER LONDON SM1 4TE
UNITED KINGDOM
+447045726573
+447024014006
Calls 9am - 5pm GTM London Time

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of NINE
HUNDRED THOUSAND US
DOLLARS ($900,000,00) in cash credit file ref: ILP/MW
47509/02 from the total
cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category. For the month of
July 2008 Lottery Promotion which is organized by YAHOO
LOTTERY INC, HOTMAIL &
WINDOWS LIVE for the Month of July 2008 bonanza.

YAHOO, HOTMAIL & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email
addresses of YAHOO
users and WINDOWS users, among the millions that subscribed
to Yahoo, Hot mail
and all other E-Mail services, we only select five E-Mail
Addresses every Month
as our winners through electronic balloting System without
the winner applying,
we congratulate you for being one of the people whose E-Mail
was selected.


Your name was attached to
ticket number, 7458222754, S171763619,
Serial number, 6741137002
this batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
2-17-43-47-52 bonus number 17,which consequently won the
lottery in the second
category.


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 Center.

Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 20 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 keep it safely:
Batch number.....................905534213/255
Ref number.......................7458222754/07/07
Winning number...................2-17-43-47-52

These numbers fall within the agent's Location
file, you are requested to contact him and send your winning
identification
numbers to him,

Rev. Webb Kennedy
E-MAIL- kennedywebb_claimsdept@live.com


You are therefore advice to send the following information
to the Claims Agent
to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.

1. Your Full Names........................
2. Country......................................
3. State ...........................................
4. Contact Address..........................
5. Telephone/Mobile Number............
6. Marital Status..............................
7. Gender .........................................
8. Occupation...................................
9. Age..............................................
10.Date of Birth ..............................
11.Religion ......................................
12.E-mail .........................................
13 Amount Won ............................

Congratulations!! Once again.
Yours in service.

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