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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 Lottery <inforesult002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: revfatherpaulcambell4@live.com
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:25:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON!!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: inforesult002@yahoo.com



- GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSE!!!YAHOO BETA /MICROSOFT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;(Registration Z720633X).YAHOO NEW YEAR BONANZA NOTICE!!!2009 This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($300,000.00)for the YEAR 2009 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,arrange and gather all the e-mail addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to All email Address,and others we only select Nine(9) candidates per annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS)without the candidate applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM We are sorry that your Payment Approval File was sent to Africa due to we have 3 lucky winners in Africa so that you can be cleared and paid simultaneously there.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 14 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won.Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (14 days) will be forfeited.These are your identification numbers:Batch number,YBM-EBS-360AF Reff 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 FATHER PAUL CAMBELL at his email:E-mail:(revfatherpaulcambell4@live.com)You are therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate them and process the 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,9 Means For Transfer Or Payment.1 International Certified Bank Draft.2Account Transfer.If Account Transfer write the name of bank and your account No.Name of Bank,Account No,Signature, Date,Congratulations once again.Yours in service, Willams Jones Director Yahoo Beta Lottery


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