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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: "David Fuller" <info@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ymml2010@sify.com
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:40:14 -0300
Subject: Your Ref Number: UKL/09-005/XX

Yahoo/MSN & Microsoft
Barley House, Hare, Road Sutton,
Greater London SM1 4TE
United Kingdom
Attn. Lucky Winner!

We are pleased to inform you that you have emerged as a winner in our 2010
Yahoo/MSN & Microsoft Lottery Programme. Your email address was selected
by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list of
30,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies generated
from an internet resource database. No tickets were sold.

Your email address is identified with BATCH NUMBER:P1/56/2009 and WINNING
NUMBER:11-65-37-92-48-10 in Category "A" and your claims portfolio is
filled with REF NUMBER:UKL/09-005/XX.You are therefore advised to receive
a cash prize of £1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUND) from the
total Payout.
To claim your prize, please contact our Certified and Accredited claims
agent for category "A" winners with the information below:
*************************************
Contact Agent: David Fuller
Foreign Services Directorate/ Payment Officer
E-mail: ymml2010@sify.com
ymml2010@live.com
Phone: Tel: +44 701 003 3278

**************************************
Batch Number: P1/56/2009
Ref Number: UKL/09-005/XX
Winning Number: 11-65-37-92-48-10
Congratulation Once again from all members and staffs of the company.

Zonal Coordinator
Rodoff Cynthia
Yahoo/MSN & Microsoft INC.

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