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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 Award" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <organisation_y@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 14:03:44 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YAHOO CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE!!!

Dear Prize Winner,

YAHOO CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE!!!

Yahoo And Window Live private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, Yahoo & window Live LOTTO Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of August 2014 Yahoo & window Live LOTTO Group International-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in MANCHESTER UNITED KINGDOM.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 6 lucky consolation prize winners Your email ID identified with coupon No. MFI/07/APA-43660 and was selected by our E- games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.Your email ID was included among the different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies.

You have won a consolation cash prize of GBP 950,000.00 (Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) only.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE CLAIMS

Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers.Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification.Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed.

Your winning identification numbers..

Your winning identification numbers..
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/07/APA-43660
REFERENCE NUMBER: 3337234511
PIN: 5656

You are reqiured to contact the Coordinator Officer with the following details and also send him your winning identification number for the release of your winnings prize .

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).

Contact Person: Mr Danny Brown
E-mail: mrdanny.brown@yahoo.com
Tel:+447031915335


Best Regards
Mrs. Rita Jones
(Secretery To The - Co-ordinator)

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