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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: "DECEMBER YAHOO LOTTERY AWARD" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:17:34 -0600
Subject: PAYMENT NO. M30911


DIVISION OF YAHOO & MSN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

PAYMENT NO. M30911


PAY THE AMOUNT OF: ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS (£1.000,000.00)

AUTHORIZED BY: YAHOO & HOTMAIL/MSN MAIL INC.


CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
YOU WON 1.000.000.00 POUNDS!
ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS.
YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS THE ONE OF 12 TOP LUCKY WINNERS !!!

Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners’ accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (One-Million Great British Pounds (£1.000,000.00 GBP) for the month of December 2012 Lottery win promotion which is organized by Yahoo/Hotmail and MSN.com every month.

YAHOO collects all the mail id of the people that are online and offline among the millions that subscribe to Yahoo/Hotmail and MSN.Com and among other email addresses subscribe to Microsoft worldwide. We only select twelve people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying; we are congratulating you for being one of the people selected. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred Thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some Multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the Citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £1.000,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in United Kingdom.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year High stakes for 1.3 Billion GBP international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

These are your identification numbers below;

Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447

To begin your claims, kindly contact the Yahoo Financial Controller with the below information;
Contact Person: Prof. Clifford Lewis.
Email address: prof.cliffordlewis@yahoo.com

You are required to forward him with the following details shown below:

1.FULL NAME..........................................
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN...........................
3.PRESENT ADRESS...............................
4.POSTCODE...........................................
5.DATE OF BIRTH...................................
6.OCCUPATION.........................................
7.SEX........................................................
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER..............................
9.FAX NUMBER (IF ANY).............................
10.MARITAL STATUS.................................
11.WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER......................................................

As soon as you contact the Financial Controller, he will advise you on what to do in order for you to get your prize money.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Remember to quote your payment number when contacting him.

Congratulations once more!!



Yours Sincerely,

DR. MARTIN KEVIN(PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com



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