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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: AWARD PROMOTION <paymentcenter_uk1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:03:04 +0100
Subject: Yahoo Internet Lottery

àéYahoo Internet Lottery
Payment No. YML27536



Lottery
PAY THE AMOUNT OF: FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS * £50,000.00*
AUTHORIZED BY: YAHOO MAIL INC.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
YOU HAVE WON £300,000 POUNDS!
YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF THE 5 TOP LUCKY WINNERS !!!
Dear Esteemed Winner,
We are happy to inform you that you have won a total cash prize money of (Three Hundred Thousand British Pounds ( £300,000) for the month of MAY 2009 lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger every year.
YAHOO, collects all the mail addresses of the people that are online and offline on yahoo messenger, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger we only select five people every Year as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying. We are congratulating you for been one of the people selected to receive top cash prize for this year. 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 is conducted annually.

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 winning details(e-mail address) falls within our African Representative Office in Ouagadougou, The Burkina Faso as indicated in your play coupon and your cash prize of Three Hundred Thousand British Pounds will be released to you from this regional branch office in Burkina Faso, Africa Or our branch office in United Kingdom .
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £37 MILLONS GBP international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your Winning Information and Identification Numbers:
Batch Number......................... .... 123/08/09474
Winning Numbers....................... 02,07,19,24,35
Reference Number...................... YLINC/09697809
Payment No............................ .... YML27536

To begin your claims, kindly contact the Yahoo (Overseas) Payment Officer, at this email address below.
paymentcenter_uk1@yahoo.com
*************************
(Overseas Payment Officer)
Phone: (pls call this number as it is written here, don't add or remove any number from it)
00226 76 50 90 60

***************************************************************

WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA
FIRST NAME.: *

MIDDLE NAME.:
LAST NAME.: *



Gender.: MaleFemale



Month Of Birth.: Day: Year:



MARITAL STATUS.:
NATIONALITY.:
RELIGION.:
OCCUPATION.:


ADDRESS 1.: *
ADDRESS 2.:
CITY.: *
STATE/PROVINCE.: *
Zip CODE.: *



MOBLIE PHONE NO.: *
HOUSE PHONE NO.: *
FAX NO.:
EMAIL ADDRESS: *



WINNING INFORMATION
BATCH NUMBER.: *
WINNING NUMBER.: *
REFRENCE NUMBER.: *
PAYMENT NUMBER.: *




BANK TRANSFER INFORMATIONS
YOUR BANK NAME.: *
YOUR BANK ADDRESS.: *
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER.:
NAME OF BENEFICIARY.: *



This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: No

Please send all the above informations to your agent for payment of your prize to you. As soon as you contact our Overseas Payment Officer (DR PHILIP JEAN), he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money.

For security reasons, we advice you to keep your winning information SECRET from the public until your claim is processed and your won prize is released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Congratulations once again from me and all members and Staff of Yahoo Lottery INC!!
Yours Sincerely,

APPROVED

MRS. SUZAN NAZZAM

ONLINE COORDINATOR.
 

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