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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045752039 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • rev.nelsonnnanna@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Yahoo Award lotto lottery <rev.nelsonnnanna01_7@msn.com>
Reply-To: <rev.nelsonnnanna@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:57:33 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR WINNING ALERT CONTACT REV.NELSON NNAaNNAH(SEE
EMAIL FOR YOUR CLAIM)
























Awards Department - Yahoo Splash Promotions
2060 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
Dear Sir/ Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Yahoo Lottery Programme held
on of 11thMarch 2009 from the Yahoo Lottery
programme. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.

Your name was attached ticket REFERRENCE NUMBER .YBM-EBS 719AF WIN NUMBER. YBM-EBS-798AF This BATCH REF. NUMBER.YBM-EBS-390AF bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of Eight hundred And Fifty thousand, Great Britain Pounds (GBP850,000.00) 2009 yearly , Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.


Past winners.


Due to mix up of some numbers and
names, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to your
nominated bank. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claims and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some participants.

All participants where selected through a computer/mail 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 YAHOO LOTTERY promotions program which is conducted
annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate
of some multinational companies,Yahoo.com, Sultan of Brunei , Bill
Gates of Microsoft and his associates to encourage the use of internet and computers world wide .


We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$2.3 Million international draw.


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE :

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

AGENT NAME: Rev.Dr Nelson Nnannah
Email: UK TELEX; +447045752039
Email ID; rev.nelsonnnanna@yahoo.co.uk




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


1. First name...............................
2. Last Name...............................
3. Country...................................
4. Contact Address......................
5. Telephone Number...................
6. fax Number.............................
7. Marital Status..........................
8. Occupation..............................
9. My Date of birth......................
10. Sex.......................................






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.

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th March
2009; otherwise all funds will be forfeited. Congratulations once again
on your winning!


Sincerely,



Mrs. Basheera Abubakar Mr.Helen Jane
(Co-ordinator). ( Publicity secretary)












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