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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- +2348026413020 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- randylimburg200@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "YAHOO" <rrreasss@w8mf25ar8.homepage.t-online.de>
Reply-To: <randylimburg200@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:23:44 +0100
Subject: Yahoo. COM staff

You won $250.000.00! Yahoo! Msn! Mail Congratulates You!

THE YAHOO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. INC

YAHOO LOTTERY INTL INC
Barley House Harold Road
Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te
United Kingdom.

Attention: Lottery Winner,

YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Yahoo Lottery Intl Inc programs held on the 9th of December 2009 in London. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-2613357, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 9TH category. You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($250,000) for the 30th of December 2009 lottery win promotion which is organized by MSN & YAHOO LOTTERY INTL INC .Every month.

YAHOO, collects all the E MAIL ID of the people that subscribes to yahoo mail, msn, hotmail, googlemail, aol, AltaVista, and others online, among the billions that subscribe to us only five people will merge for winnings we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for having been one of the lucky people that won for this month..

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

you are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim, Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. You are to also pay for the handle charges of $100 only to the local agent, (cost of processing your payment certificate) this fee is not transferable or deductible from your lottery claim because it has been insured and cannot be tempered until it hits your bank account, it is our way of insuring that payment gets to our winners bank account without been stolen or hacked while on transit to your bank account.

Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 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 and retrieved

These are your identification numbers....
Yahoo! Lottery Results:
Batch number.....................Lwh 09102
Lotto number.......................Lwh35447
Winning number...................Lwh09788

These numbers are your winning identification numbers, that you will
send to your claims agent, send identification and details of claim to.
PASSLACK CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT
Email: randylimburg200@aol.com
Tel:+234 8026 413020

You are therefore advise to quote the following information to
the Clams Agent to facilitate them to process the transfer of your fund without delay.
Serial number 5388/02
Draw lucky numbers: 31-6-2613357
Ticket number: 56475600545 188
Batch number.....................Lwh 09102
Lotto number.......................Lwh35447
Winning number...................Lwh09788

Your winning fall in Africa-Asia! This promotion takes place every Month .Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Africa-Asia as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($250,000) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Africa-Asia. Our agent zoned for Africa paying bank will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

NOTE: YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO KEEP ALL YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL TILL CLAIM IS MADE TO AVOID WRONG CLAIMING. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIAL DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM GETTING YOUR PRIZE.
Congratulations once more!! Yours Sincerely,
Thank you for being a Yahoo/Msn Member.

Mrs. Darryn Clarke
Online coordinator Yahoo
International Lottery Program. .

ATTN: ONCE AGAIN WE THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE YAHOO INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY WE ARE CONGRATULATING YOU FOR YOUR WINNINGS, SO IN ORDER FOR US TO PROCESS YOUR WINNINGS, YOU ARE TO FILL AND RETURN THE VERIFICATION AND CLEARANCE FORM BELOW TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT THROUGH THIS EMAIL OR FAX BELOW:

PASSLACK CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT
Contact Person: Mr. Randy Limburg.
Email: randylimburg200@aol.com
Tel:+234 8026 413020

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.

; VERIFICATION AND CLEARANCE FORM

FULL NAMES:__________________________________(BENEFICIARY NAME)

SEX:_______________

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH::_________________________________

MARITAL STATUS:________________________________________

OCCUPATION:________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

BATCH NUMBER:____________________SERIALNO:__________________

TICKET NUMBER:____________________ WINNING NO:________________

AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:________________________________

NEXT OF KIN NAME AND ADDRESS:________________________________

DATE NOTIFIED __________________________________

DECLARATION:

I..................................................... ..........HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. IN CASE OF ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE, MY NEXT OF KIN HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM MY TOTAL WINNINGS. (OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENT) SHALL ACT AS MY AGENT IN FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.
DATE:
YOUR FULL NAMES:

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, Our agent will proceed for proper verification and furnish you with the contact information of the payment Bank in the region where your winning numbers fall within so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.

The Yahoo. COM staff
Yahoo. COM http://www.yahoo.com

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