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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "yahoo lottery inc" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
• 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!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27838861921 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • josephmalapo@yahoo.com
  • lotteryagent333@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: LOTTERY PROMOTION <methods.001169@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:38:49 +0200
Subject: =?Windows-1252?Q?CONGRATULATIONS!!_YOU_HAVE_WON_[GBP=A3550,000,00]?=








Yahoo Incorporation CenterP O Box 5079.
Manchester, United Kingdom.(Customer Services)
Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw held on the 2Nd of July, 2007 in Manchester,United Kingdom.

All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually through Our Central Computer draw System, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of £250,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ONLY )
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of somemultinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base and way of saying thanks for supporting Yahoo Incoporation world wide. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our African representative office in Johannesburg, South Africa, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £550,000,00 will be released to you through our corresponding agent.
Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: UKYL/06/APA-43658REFERENCE NUMBER: 20072345299PIN: 6060

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Yahoos Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be contacted as follows:




NAME: Mr. Joseph Malapo
PHONE: +27-838-861-921
Email: josephmalapo@yahoo.com
Email: lotteryagent333@yahoo.co.uk
Provide him with the information below:
Congratulations once more!!




1) Full name...............................
2) Contact Address.....................3) Telephone Number.................
4)Fax Number............................5) Marital Status.........................6) Occupation.............................
7) My Date of birth......................8) Sex.................................

9) Ref: No…………………………
10) Batch: No……………………….
1) Pin:.......................

12) Nationality ................
13) Country of resident.................
14) Beneficiary……………………

15) Company Details where you work…
16) Email Address...............

That your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when cashing your Draft i.e. Drivers license or International passport. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
Good luck from me and members of Yahoo lottery Incorporation here in United Kingdom.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mary BlessingOnline coordinator for Yahoo lottery Inc.Uk
The Yahoo.com staffYahoo.com http://www.yahoo.co.uk



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