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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: "Monica Martin" <prizeawarddept02@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:23:26 +0200
Subject: YAHOO LOTTORY


Yahoo Lottory Inc
European Region Office:
10B Canada Square, London HP1 8HFD,England. U.K.

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Five Hundred Thousand
Great Britain Pounds (£500, 000, 00.) for the month of July/August, 2008
Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from
other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this
promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo
Prize Award must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw
Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2006234522
PIN: 1206

These numbers fall within the London Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary agent in London and send your winning identification
numbers to him;
Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting you're required
Particulars.

YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM

1. Full name....................................
2.Country.......................................
3. Contact Address..............................
4. Telephone Number.............................
5. Marital Status...............................
6.Occupation....................................
7.Age...........................................
8.Sex...........................................

You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas
Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit with the below email address.

Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit
Lottery Fiduciary Agents:

Dr. David Stephen (Foreign Service Manager)
Overseas Subscribers Agent
62 Islip Road Oxford, London OX2 7SP
United Kingdom
Email: davidstephen01@gmail.com
Email:dstephen01@yahoo.co.uk <Email%3Adstephen01@yahoo.co.uk>
Tel: + 44 703 1833 760
Fax: + 44 704 958 992

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, I remain.

Yours in service,

Dr. (Mrs.) Monica Martin
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WARNING!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully
handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double
claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be
other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal
information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you
receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you,
kindly delete notify us and give no further correspondence to such person or
body.Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from
the above mentioned
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