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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 AND WINDOW LIVE ONLINE PROMOTION! <anderson_jane02@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: edward.philip@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:05:37 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: You won $550,000,00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!



You won
$550,000,00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you! 

      Messenger

You won $550,000,00!  


TUESDAY,NOV 1 2011
  
 








 
 



 Dear  Lucky Winner, 


This is to inform you that you have
won a  prize money
of five
hundred and fifty usd($550,000,00) for the Prize promotion which is
organized by  YAHOO AWARDS
& WINDOWS LIVE. Yahoo selected all the email addresses of the people that
are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Msn, Gmail,
Hotmail,
Juno, Aol, yahoo.com,att.net,roger,mail.mn
,Comcast,sbcglogbal,earthlink,verizon,bellsouth and few from other
private/companies e-mail providers. Ten (10) people are selected quartely to
benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected
Winners.
 
PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS 

Winners shall be paid in accordance
with their Settlement Centres. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later
than 10 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this
period will be forfeited and returned to its source as
unclaimed. 

Stated below are your
identification numbers:
 
BATCH NUMBER: ............MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: ........... 2007234522
PIN:
............ 1207
 
You are expected to contact our co-ordinator  Mr.Edward Philip Via E-mail: edward.philip@hotmail.com
 and send your winning identification
numbers with the following informations as to enable our co-ordinator, Mr.Edward Philip,facilitate the release of your fund to
you.
 
1. Full
Name......................
2. Country..........................
3. Contact
Address.............
4. Telephone Number.........
5. Fax
Number....................
5. Marital Status..................
6.
Occupation......................
7.
Sex..................................
8. Date of Birth/Age
..............................
9. Identity card(carte identite) If any
......

Congratulations! once
again.
 
Yours in
service,
Mrs Jane Anderson/Yahoo
Team.
------------------------------------------------------
WARNING!You
must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims to yourself until
your money is successfully handed over to you inother to avoid disqualification
that may arise from double claims. Yahoo Awards Team shall not be held liable
for any loss of funds arising from the above
mentioned.

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