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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "cherry.anucha@groupmail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: "Yahoo! Asia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cherry.anucha@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 20:33:40 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yahoo Media Corporation LOTTERY RESULTS 2017
YMC - YAHOO.COM INTERNET LOTTERY
Headquarters: 322 Silom Rd, Khwaeng Silom, Khet Bang Rak,
Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10501.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yahoo Media Corporation(YMC) announced you as one of the 7 lucky winners of the ongoing Yahoo Media Corporation(YMC) lottery Award of the Year Held this month. All 7 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 830,000 international emails drawn from Yahoo.com and other email domain users from North America, Australia, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. You have been approved for a total pay out of TWO MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS ($2,500,000.00).

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 Branch office in Bangkok Thailand, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of (US$2.5M) will be released to you from this main branch office of Yahoo Media Corporation(YMC) Bangkok Thailand. We wish to informed you that your fund has been approved and insured in your name as well as ready for delivery.

These are your winning identification numbers.

Ticket number: 679-568-9228
Serial number: 37016
Lucky number: 56-34-13-00
Ref number: MSCB4900

To file for claim, please contact below:

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Ms. Cherry Anucha
Claims Officer
Asian Regional Sector
E-mail: cherry.anucha@groupmail.com

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You are to establish contact with the Following details,Kindly Confirm Your:

Full Names: ..............
Country Of Origin: .......
Home Address: ............
Date Of Birth: ...........
Occupations: .............
Telephone No.: ...........
Mobile No.: ..............
Sex/Gender: ..............
Ticket and Lucky No: .....

Note: Your file will expire after 14 days if there is no response, Your swift response will enhance our service.

Thanks for your co-operation;

Mrs. Georgina Rowland
Executive Secretary (AfDB)
Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd.

YAHOO! ASIA©

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Yahoo Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D) VERIFIED BY YAHOO ASIA
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