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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: "AWARD CENTER < info@awardcenter.co.uk > CC:" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 09:27:43 +0200
Subject: Your Email Has won 650,000 GBP From Award Center.

 
YAHOO AWARD CENTER.
>From The Desk Of The Promotions Manager
International Promotions/Yahoo Award Center
124 Stockport Road, Longsight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
Dear Lucky Winner,
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (GBP650,000.00) for the month of May , 2015 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO! AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE,Yahoo 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 monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
Please Keep YOUR Winning Notification Secrete and Read more about that through this link.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/sentencing-for-man-arrested-in-86yearold-lottery-winners-death/32885652
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 10 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
These numbers fall within the Africa Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in West Africa Nigeria and send your winning identification numbers to him because we have the hihgest number of winners from Africa ,all Payment will be made in Nigeria West Africa; Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting your required Particulars for they identification of your winning and processing.
YOUR WINNER IDENTIFICATION
Batch Number  : YM 1109109102XN
Reff Number   : YM354437XN
winning Number: YM 11 13 88 54 04 98
YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM.
FULL NAMES:__________________________________
ADDRESS: _________________________________________________CITY:_________________________
STATE:__________________________________ ZIP: _____________________
PHONE:/FAX__________________________________
COUNTRY________________________________
SEX:_______________
AGE:__________________
MARITAL STATUS: _________________
OCCUPATION: ________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________
NATIONALITY_________________________
You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit with the below email
address.
Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit
Name  : Rev.Mike Onolememen.
E-mail: mikeonolememen50@gmail.com
Mobile: +2348101376650
LOTTERY WINNERS UPDATE READ:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22212526
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22118776
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/01/british-couple-win-1m-euromillions-lottery-draw-second-time-two-years
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, I remain.
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,
Dr. (Mrs.) Daniella lurdes.
 

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