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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 Msn Google Draws." <yahot1100@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 09:15:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Please confirm your award prize thro ur agent.

                 YAHOO AWARDS CENTER.

 

Yahoo   Awards Center

 From The Desk Of The Promotions Manager
 International Promotions/Yahoo Award Center
 124 Stockport Road, Long sight, 
Manchester M60 2DB - United  Kingdom

E-mail: winer2010@gala.net
 
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million  Three Hundred, Twenty Thousand Pounds(£1,320,000,00.) for the month of April 2010, Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS  & WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO/GMAIL 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 no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers: 
 
BATCH NUMBER:           MFI/06/ASA-778658

REFERENCE NUMBER:   2009244533

PIN:                               1291
 
These numbers fall within the England And Africa  Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in London and send your winning identification numbers to him; Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting your required Particulars.  
                                                  YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM
FULL NAMES:__________________________________
ADDRESS:_____________________________CITY: ________________________
STATE :__________________________________ ZIP: _____________________

COUNTRY________________________________ 
CELL/MOBILE NO: ________________________________ 

HOME/WORK NO:________________ FAX__________________
SEX:_______________ AGE:__________________ 
MARITAL STATUS: ________________ 
OCCUPATION: ________________________ 
E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________ 
NATIONALITY_________________________
 
You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas / United Kingdom  Claim Agent with the below email address.
 Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit

 

Contact Person: Alan Kai 

Tel:  +44 7031742905

Email: alankai@live.com

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!! 

At your disposal, I remain.

Yours in service,

Mr. Alan Kai.

WARNING!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successful handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. 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.

         

  

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