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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: Yahoo! Beta Promo <beta.results093@msn.com>
Reply-To: <rev_edward.jones1@live.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:52:58 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR EMAIL WON!!!

































AWARD












This is to inform you that you have won prize money of ONE MILLION US DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) for the YEAR 2008 Lottery promotion, which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC for the introduction of the new YAHOO BETA MAIL, which all YAHOO users are required to switch onto.

YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to All email Addresses, and others we only select Nine (9) candidates annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without the candidates applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Your Payment Approval File was sent to African and European continent only due to the fact that more winners emerged from their .You are to contact our Location Claim Agent on or before your date of Claim.

Yahoo Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 21 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won unless otherwise.

Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (21days) will be forfeited unless where necessary.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-360AF
Ref number........................YBM-EBS-710AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-718AF

These numbers above fall within the agent’s Location file, you are requested to contact your Agent and send your Identification Numbers and Personal Information to him.

REV. FR. EDWARD JONES at his email:

E-mail: rev_edward.jones1@live.com
TEL: +447045764424

You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to enable him facilitate the process of transfer of your fund with the appointed paying bank.

Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him immediately:

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


Means For Transfer of Prize Payment to winners.

(a) International Certified Bank Draft.
(b) Account Transfer.

If Account Transfer, provide all your banking details to the paying bank or your agent

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,






We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account.
Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!.
You select how to transfer the prize money to you:




Cheque Delivery To Your Address


Bank Account Transfer


Diplomatic Means
NOTE: NOBODY WILL TOUCH YOUR PRIZE FOR ANY REASON AND AN AFFIDAVIT OF FACT AND CLAIM WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BANK BY THE COURT BEFORE THE BANK CAN RELEASE YOUR PRIZE.






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If you have questions or wish to claim your prize money kindly contact this email,
rev_edward.jones1@live.com see the instructions at the body of this message.



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