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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-AWARD LOTTERY PROGRAM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.johnberry@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:06:02 +0400
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPT YAHOO/ MSN-AWARD LOTTERY PROGRAM

WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPT
YAHOO/ MSN-AWARD LOTTERY PROGRAM
85 Fleet Street
London EC4Y 1AE
United Kingdom.

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS ONLY (?1,000,000.00 GBP) for the year 2012 Lottery promotion which is

organized by YAHOO! LOTTERY INC for the introduction of the new YAHOO! BETA MAILS which all YAHOO! Users are required to switch unto.
YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arrange and gather all the e-mail addresses/Mobile numbers of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to

Yahoo! and Hotmail.com and others, we only select TWENTY (20) candidates per annually as our winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without the candidate

applying, We congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Your Payment Approval File will be sent to our payment institution so that you can be cleared and paid there. You are to contact our UK Agent to give you more details

for the collection of your winning from our correspondence bank. Lottery prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from the date this Notification was sent out to

you winner.

These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................YM-09102XN
Ref number........................YM-35447XN
Winning number...............YM-09788

Contact your UK claim agent Mr.John Berry. for more directives on how your payment can be paid to you through our payment centers with your Batch number, Ref number,

Winning number through his contact information.
AGENT: Mr.John Berry.
E-MAIL:mr.johnberry@yahoo.cn
CONTACT PHONE: +234-703-368-2888


You’re therefore advised to send the following information to him to facilitate your approval document and fax to our payment Bank.
Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him immediately:
Personal Information

1. Full name..................
2. Country....................
3. Contact Address...........
4. Telephone Number.........
5. Marital Status..............
6. Occupation..................
7. Age.........................
8. Sex.........................

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,

Mark Zuckerberg.
Online Games Director.
E-mail:mr.johnberry@yahoo.cn

Note: We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account.
Now take the next step and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!.
You select how to transfer the prize money to you:

Cheque Delivery To Your Address

Bank Account Transfer

Electronic Money Transfer

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