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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: "MRS. HARIETTE PAULSON" <info@msn.org>
Reply-To: mrandy_uknlclaimdept1@live.co.uk
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:02:05 -0300
Subject: Batch number.....................YM 09102XN

Yahoo/Msn Lottery
Incoperation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te
United Kingdom.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five hundred
thousand, Great Britain Pound Sterlings (¢G500,000.00) for the month of
November 2009 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC &
WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people
that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and
Hotmail we only select 13 people every Month as our winners through
electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you
for being one of the people selected.

You are to contact the events manager on or before your date of Claim,
Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.Yahoo/Msn
Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 20 days from date of Draw
Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not
claimed within this period will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788

These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contact
the events manager, send your winning identification numbers to him,to
enable him verify your claims. How ever you will have to fill and submit
this form to the events manager for verification & direction on how you can
claim your winning fund.

1. Full name..............
2. Contact Address.......
3. Age....................
4. Telephone Numbers.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Sex....................
7. Next Of Kin............
8. Zip Code...............
9. Occupation.............
10.State:.................
11.Country................
12.Nationality............
13. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of
this mail:
14.How Will You Like To Received Your Winning Prize?
(A) Bank Transfer
(B)Cheque Delivery


(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
===============
Name: Mr Andy Gray
E-mail: mrandy_uknlclaimdept1@live.co.uk
Tell: +447024010695
========================

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
MRS. HARIETTE PAULSON
(Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).

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