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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: Yahoo Awards <enquiries62@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drrichardadams7@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:38:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Congratulations!!










 



Yahoo Awards Center
           124 Stockport
Road, Longsight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United 
Kingdom
 

 
Attention: Selected
Winner,
 
Sir/Madam,

 
This is to inform you
that you have won a prize
money of One
Million British Pounds Sterling (£1,000,000.00)
for 2010
 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO, AOL & WINDOWS LIVE every
month.

YAHOO and
MICROSOFT collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online,
among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other
e-mail providers. 
 

Six people are
selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected
Winners.
 

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND
CLAIM.
 

Winners shall be paid
in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed
not later than 20 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed
within this period will be forfeited and added to the next
stake.
 

Stated below are your
identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: YHO/MCR/ 43658/611 REFERENCE
NUMBER:
YHO/MCR/2008234522 PIN: YHO/MCR/ 1208/
WINNING NUMBER: 01 14 21 30 35 48.   

 

Please note that your
winning numbers fall within the European  Location, therefore, you are requested
to contact our fiduciary agent in London
England ,  with the following
information: - 
 

CONTACT PERSON: Dr.
RICHARD ADAMS
TEL:
+ 44 703 174
1663
E-MAIL:
drrichardadams7@gmail.com     

ADDRESS124 STOCKPORT
ROAD, LONGSIGHT,
MANCHESTER M60 2DB - UNITED KINGDOM

 

You are advised to
send the following information’s to your Claim Agent to facilitate the release
of your fund to you.
 

1. Full name:
...................................................

2. Age:
.............................................................
3. Sex:
............................................................
4. Marital Status:
...........................................

5. Occupation:
................................................
5. Contact address:
........................................
6. Country of origin:
.......................................

7. Reference Number:
…………………………….
8. Batch Number:
………………….....................

9. Amount Won:
...............................................
10. Direct Contact
Phone Number: ................ 
 

Do not tell people
about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to
avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.
Warning!!!!
You may also receive similar e-mails
from people portraying to be other Organizations of yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal
information from you and lay claim over your winning therefore do not respond to
such emails.
 

In event that you
receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you,
kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such
person or body.
 

Yahoo shall not be
held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned. PLS SEND
YOUR REPLY TO YOUR CLAIMING MANAGER EMAIL ADDRESS 
drrichardadams7@gmail.com      

 
Congratulations once
again from all the staffs of Yahoo  Awards Center.

 

Yours in
service,
 

Mrs. Mercy Ellen
Meaden
Foreign operation
manager
( Yahoo Awards Center )
 

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