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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: webmaster lotto <webmaste28@msn.com>
Reply-To: <eduardo.derek@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:46:51 +0000
Subject:








! 11-13 Victoria Street Liverpool L2 5QQ

United Kingdom





























This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of £350,000.00 (Three Hundred and FIFTY Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) for the month of October 2008 Prize Promotion which is Organized by Webmaster Inc .




YAHOO!
AOL</ SPAN>! Hotmail! AIM!collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo,
Aol,Hotmail and other email networks 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 Center. This Award
must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw No
tification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.





Winners prize can be bring to his or her country depending on the out come.





Stated below are your identification numbers:




BATCH NUMBER: YM 09102XN

REFERENCE NUMBER: YM35447XN


PIN: YM09788




These
numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary agent in our regional branch in Africa and send
your winning identification numbers to him;






Agent Name: Dr. EDUARDO DEREK








E-Mail: eduardo.derek@yahoo.com





eduardo_derek@yahoo.com



TEL: +234 388- 88-930























You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.





First name..............................




Last Name.............................




Country..................................

Contact Address......................

Telephone Number................


fax Number............................


Marital Status.........................

Occupation..............................


My Date of birth......................


Sex........................................















Congratulations!! once again.


Yours in service,

MR RUSSELL SIMON




.....................................................................................................................................................










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 forward a copy
to us and delete it from your mail box 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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