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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: "Mr. David Williams" <ccmv12@buybaysave.com>
Reply-To: david.williams801@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:04:33 +0000
Subject: Cngratulations



FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF:YAHOO7/315116127/27
BATCH:15/623/UK.

We happily announce That the draw (#568) of Yahoo Online Lottery Raffle Draw. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 883734657492-5319
which subsequently won you the Yahoo Financial Promotions cash Prize. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000 British Pound;
(One Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

To file for your claims, please contact our claims director Mr.Ted Morris who is in charge of the claims office in UK. Contact him for the claims
of your One Million United Kingdom Pounds. You are to contact the claims officer with his office email address provided in the below details:

Mr. David Williams
REMITTANCE DIRECTOR
YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK
44 Moor fields London EC2Y 9AL United Kingdom
Email:david.williams801@gmail.com

VERIFICATION FORM.(Fill and send to the Claims agent).
FULL NAMES*
CONTACT ADDRESS*
COUNTRY*
SEX*
AGE*
MARITAL STATUS*
OCCUPATION*
NATIONALITY*
TELEPHONE NUMBER*
EMAIL ADDRESS*
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENSE (identification on delivery)*

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Nichole Brown,
Online Promotions Manager,
UK Administrative Unit.


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