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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: "Mrs. Vera Franks" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nattaponsteve@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 02:26:40 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

                             YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY 2011
124 Stockport Road, Long sight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
 
 
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million Dollars (US $1,000,000.00) for 2011 Prize promotion which was organized by YAHOO,AOL& WINDOWS LIVE.
 
 
YAHOO and MICROSOFT collected all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmailand few from other e-mail providers. Six people were selected 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 Center. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than one month, from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
 
 
Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/08/APA-43658, REFERENCE NUMBER:2008234522PIN: 1208 WINNING NUMBER: 01 14 21 30 35 48
These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Bangkok Thailand and send your winning identification numbers to him;
 
CLAIMS MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION:
CONTACT PERSON: Dr. Steve Nattapon
EMAIL:nattaponsteve@yahoo.co.jp
 
You are advise to send the following information to your Claims Manager to facilitate the release of your fund to you.
 
 
1. Full name....................................
2. Country................................
3. Contact Address........................
4. Telephone Number.......................
5. Fax Number.............................
6. Marital Status.........................
7. Occupation.............................
8. Date of birth.......................
9. Sex................................
10. Batch Number...........................
11. Reference Number......................

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