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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: "alamer@libero.it" <alamer@libero.it>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:43:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: _GOOD NEWS CALL SUZAN SMITH IMMEDIATELY





YAHOO MAIL LOTTERY www.lottery.co.
uk

2014 MICROSOFT YAHOO ANNIVERSARY AWARD
NOTIFICATION

124 Stockport Road, Long sight, Manchester M60 2 DB-United Kingdom.
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million British
Pounds (£1,000,000.00) for 2014 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO,
AOL & WINDOWS LIVE, MSN this 2014 YAHOO and MICRO SOFT collects all the email
addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that
subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people
are selected every two years to benefit from this promotion and you are one of
the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND
CLAIM.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Yahoo
Prize Award must be claimed no later than 28th days, from date of Draw
Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/08/APA-43658,
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522, PIN: 1208 WINNING NUMBER: 01 5 23 27 29 2 These
numbers fall within the CAPE TOWN Location file, you are requested to contact
our fiduciary agent in CAPE TOWN South Africa and send your winning
identification numbers to her:
CLAIMS MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION:
NAME: MRS. SUZAN SMITH
E-Mail: onlineclaims33@gmail.com
TEL: + 27 844 001 784 OR FAX: NO: +27 865 563 092
You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to
facilitate the release of your fund to you.
1. Full name…………………………….
2. Country..................................
3. Contact Address……………………
4. Telephone Number………………..
5. Fax Number………………………….
6. My Date of birth......................
7. Occupation…………………………..
8. Batch Number………………………
9. Sex...............................………
10. Marital Status........................
11. Reference Number…………………
12. Pin Number.................................
13. Amount Won..........................
14. Winning Number………………….
15. Please note that a copy of your passport or your drivers license is needed
while sending your information………………………….

Congratulations!! Once again.
Yours in service,

(Mrs.) Mercy Martins



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