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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: "Sunshine Slot Online Promotions" <wale89@lightscribings.com>
Reply-To: fiduagent.jhb@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:41:49 -0700
Subject: Contact Your Claim Agent


Congratulations,

We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of Three Million
United States Dollars (US$3,000,000) for the month of September 2008 Lottery
Win promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY every month.

YAHOO, collects all the mail identity of the people online and among the
millions that log on to the internet we only select five people every Month
as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner
applying, we are congratulating you for having been 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 Center. Yahoo
Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 7 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.....................JHB/1/08 09102
Lotto number.......................JHBLW35447
Winning number...................JHB/SA09788
These numbers are your winning identification numbers, that you will send it
to your claims agent,Mr. Doda Johnston email address -
fiduagent.jhb@gmail.com for identification and further instructions.

You are therefore advise to send the following information to the Claims
Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.
1.Full name
2.Contact Address
3.Telephone Number
4.Marital Status
5.Occupation
6.Date of Birth
7.Nationality
Congratulations!! Once more.
Yours Faithfully,
YAHOO LOTTERY INC.,

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