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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 Lottery" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 15:21:01 +0800
Subject: Yahoo Winning!!!

Yahoo! Co-Operation
London
United Kingdom

We happily announce That the draw (#568) of Yahoo Online Lottery Raffle
Draw. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 883734657492-5319
which subsequently won you the Yahoo Financial Promotions cash Prize.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000(One Million Great
Britain Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

To file for your claim, please contact our
Claims Agent:Yahoo Claims Dept.
Email: y.verification@london.com


VERIFICATION FORM.(Fill and send to the Claims agent).
1.FULL NAME:
2.FULL ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.OCCUPATION:
6.TEL:
7.COUNTRY:

Congratulations from me and members of Yahoo Corporation

Mrs Tichina Britlin
Yahoo Official

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