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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: LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR <mrfb19@msn.com>
Reply-To: <revmichaelcollins.claimsdept@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 16:44:27 +0000
Subject: You won $800,000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!







You won $800,000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!


Messenger


CONGRATULATIONS!


YOU WON $800,000!
Attention :Smith
YOUR ADDRESS HAS WON






Today, your account is randomly selected as one of 10 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us as YAHOO! Mail gives members random cash prizes.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Eigth Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)($800,000) for the month of MAY 2009. Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger .com every month.This Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger was conducted to encourage users for their patronage and to encourage new subscribers.

YAHOO, collects all the mail ID of the people that are online on yahoo,comcast.net,bellsouth.net,
gmail.com,aol.com,hotmail.com messenger, among the millions that subscribed to yahoo and the rest messenger we only selected ten people at this end of the year raffle draw as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for being one of the people selected.

All participant were selected through a computer 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 international promotions program which we have just stated this year and would be conducted annually from henceforth.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $800,000 will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our NEXT YEARS end of year high stakes for US$5.3 Billion international draw.


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
These are your identification numbers..........

Batch number.......................LUH 01475 WJ
Lotto number........................LWH 05436 DR
Winning number...................LFG 03497 QS


To begin your claims, kindly contact our fiduciary agent company at this email address: revmichaelcollins.claimsdept@hotmail.co.uk

His name is Bishop Michael Collins (Dr.)
Tel: +447011133422
Fex: +448704715178


You are required to forward him with the following details:

1.FULL NAME:................................
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.................
3.PRESENT ADDRESS:...................
4.SEX:.............................................
5.DATE OF BIRTH:...........................
6.AGE:.............................................
7.OCCUPATION:...............................
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:...................
9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY):...................
10.MARITAL STATUS:.......................
12.BATCH NUMBER:.............................
13.LOTTO NUMBER:...........................
14.THE MONTH YOU WON:.................

As soon as you contact your claims agent,your agent will advice you on what to do in order to get your prize money.Congratulations once more!! 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.Finally,we wish you and your household a happy and successful christmas and new year celebrations.



Yours Sincerely,



Mr. Fidelis Bridge.
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com

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