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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: "Silke Stammler" <SilkeTernes@web.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:20:37 +0100 (CET)
Subject: YOU HAVE WON 1,000,000.00GBP:::::YAHOO/MSN AWARDS 2011

 YAHOO/MSN AWARDS
124 Stockport Road, Longsight,
Manchester m60 2db United Kingdom

Dear Sir/Madam,

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLEARANCE  OFFICER:

We are delighted to inform you that you have won the sum of

1,000,000.00 GBP from YAHOO! MSN (WINDOWS LIVE) 2011 Awards programme.

YAHOO! 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 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: YPA/08-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522
PIN: 1206

You are hereby adviced to get back to us by contacting with your
Clearance Officer Barr Ken Hogwart for your Claim.

Contact:Barr. Ken Hogwart.
Email:bhogwart@rocketmail.com
CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS

FULL NAME:.................................
COUNTRY:...................................
HOME ADDRESS:..............................
MOBILE NUMBER:.............................
HOME NUMBER:...............................
AGE:.......................................
SEX:.......................................
MARITAL STATUS:............................
OCCUPATION:................................

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Carol Jones
On line co-ordinator for
YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes International program

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