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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: Lance P <sweet_lance09@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:16:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject:


CONGRATULATIONS:YOU HAVE WON LOTTERY PRIZE OF $1.5m USD (AUTHORIZED BY: YAHOO MAIL INC)
From: Helen Brown <donotreply@snapfish.com>Add to Contacts
To: sweet_lance09@yahoo.com
________________________________

 
   
CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
YOU HAVE WON $1..5M Us dollars!

This is to inform you the beneficiary that, your email was among the 2000 Lucky winners who won $ 1.5M (One Million Five hundred thousand United State Dollars) each from the just concluded annual grand finale draws by YAHOO INC in conjunction with GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL Online Sweepstakes Promo, Thunder ball, held in AMSTERDAM HOLLAND. your email was selected

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ).However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and MSN, YAHOO and AOL intends to assist legally by using this medium to sensitize the beneficiaries and general public on this development during this festive season.

In other to claim for your prize, you are required to reconfirm your winner's particulars as accompanied above and send it immediately via e-mail to the Promotion Office of YAHOO ONLINE PROMOTION CONSULTANT. Barrister Abdul Hamza . in conjunction with GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL INC for processing and prompt receiving of your fund. We require that you fill in with the accompanied details:

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

These are your Winning Information and Identification Numbers:

Batch Number.....................0952k.
lucky number................7181813-05.
Reference Number..............YLINC/02-OH-06 .
Serial Number......................ILP/HW 652-662
Ticket Number................... 577-744-3465-E77.

HERE IS THEIR OFFICE ADDRESS BELOW:SO YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILL THIS WINNING VERIFICATION FORM AND SEND IT DIRECT TO THEIR OFFICE FOR YOUR CLAIMS..

BARRISTER ABDUL HAMZA ESQ (Overseas Payment Officer)

BARRISTER ABDUL HAMZA ESQ
E.A.A.S Inc. ASIAN FIDUCIARY AGENT
EMAIL: barr_abdul_hamza@msn.com
Tel: (+62-21-95899560/+62-81386309743)

You are Required to fill this Verification form with your details And forward it direct to your claim agent, to the above offices for verification purposes.

WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM.

1. FULL NAME.....................................
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.....................
3. PRESENT ADDRESS..........................
4. AGE.............................................
5.. OCCUPATION...............................
6. SEX..............................................
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER......................
8. MARITAL STATUS..........................
9. BATCH NUMBER.............................
10. WINNING NUMBER.......................
11. REFERENCE NUMBER.....................

All information’s are to be completed and sent immediately through email to our Promotion Consultant. We advice all winners and beneficiaries to cultivate a habit of checking their email accounts regularly for updates on their prizes.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize 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.


APPROVED
Mrs. Helen Brown (PHD)
LOTTO CO-COORDINATOR.
Yahoo.com 7http://www.yahoo.com

Check it out!


Sincerely,

Helen



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