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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: "David Filo & Jerry Yang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <owendrclement@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:01:17 +0100
Subject: YAHOO_MSN_AWARD_NOTIFICATION LETTER 91.192.54.148

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

AUTHORISED BY YAHOO MAIL INC.

YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF OUR TOP FOUR LUCKY
WINNERS.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Yahoo / Windows Live Msn
125 Shaftesbury Avenue,
WC2H 8AD,
London- United Kingdom.

All the executive members of Yahoo/Windows Live Msn Management Team wishes to inform

you that you have won a prize money of Seven Hundred, Twenty Thousand Great

Britain Pounds (£720,000,00.) for 2012 Prize promotion which was organized by YAHOO

MANAGEMENT TEAM & WINDOWS LIVE MSN on Monday, 24th September 2012 to celebrate our

19 years anniversary since we become the best free e-mail provider worldwide.

YAHOO/ WINDOWS LIVE MSN collects all the email addresses of people that are

active online, among over 980 million that subscribed to Yahoo, Hotmail and few from

other e-mail providers. Four e-mail addresses were selected annually to benefit from this

prize promotion and your e-mail address has been selected today MONDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2012

via Computer Random Selection System as one of the top four lucky Winners for 2012 prize

promotion.


All winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement center. Yahoo/ windows

live Prize Award must be claimed not later than 60 days from date of Draw Notification.

Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below are your identification numbers:

File NO:B/H/G/Ql/UKQA-87FBH3058

REFERENCE NO: KLQ9-B201231964

PIN:……………………………………

These identification numbers fall within UK Location file, you are requested to contact

our fiduciary agent in Manchester UK, Dr Clement Owen through his below contact details

and submit your File & Reference numbers to him; Note your Pin NO will be sent to you by

Dr Clement Owen once you open contact with him for some security reasons.


Agent Name: Dr Clement Owen


E-mail: drclementowen2012@live.com
E-mail: drclementowen2012@yahoo.com
Office Tel: +44 70111 40072

You are advised to send the below information to your Claims Agent Dr Clement Owen

through his e-mail to facilitate the release of your award- winning prize to you

immediately.


1. Your File & Reference No
2. Nationality/ Country of Residence
3. Contact Address
4. Telephone Number
5. Occupation
6. Age

Congratulations!!!
Yours in service,

David Filo & Jerry Yang
Co-founders and Chief Yahoo.

WARNING!!!

Keep your winning information confidential untilyour award prize are successfully

transferred or handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise

due to double claiming. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be

Windows Live or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information and lay

fake claims over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the award

notification letter that was sent to you today, kindly delete it from your mailbox and

give no further correspondence to such person or body.

Yahoo/Windows Live shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the

above mentioned and any winning notification that was not from David Filo & Jerry Yang

(Co-founders and Chief Yahoo)and sign by Yahoo and Windows Live Board of Directors will

be cancelled.


Signed By: Yahoo and Windows Live Board of Directors:
Elisa Steele (Chief Marketing Officer), Michael J. Callahan(Executive Vice
President), Jerry Yang(Co-founder and Chief Yahoo),Blake Jorgensen (Chief
Financial Officer) and Other members.

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