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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 <zm919eefcy@testzimbra.com>
Reply-To: Dr Ralph Winter <y.w.live@live.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:36:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!


You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!

Yahoo! Mail       Messenger

YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY
arabtrans@arabtrans.com

CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON $820,000.00!

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 August 2008 Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo and windows live   every month.  
                      
YAHOO! 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 Ghana representative office in Accra , 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 Ghana ,

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  
YAHOO/WINDOWS LIVE LOTTER BOARD ACCRA GHANA
on email address:  wwwthelotter@live.com
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,

 

Dr. BARRY KNIGHT  (PHD) 
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
http://www.yahoo.com

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  
YAHOO/WINDOWS LIVE LOTTER BOARD ACCRA GHANA
on email address:  wwwthelotter@live.com
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,

 

Dr. BARRY KNIGHT  (PHD) 
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
http://www.yahoo.com

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