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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: winning slot <winslot2@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: fiduciary.agt1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:35:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Yahoo!



Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won £400,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!


Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw for this year , 2007.

10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of 400,000.00 GBP (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ).

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 British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of 400,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers:-

Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh 09446
Winning number...................Lwh 09447

You are expected to fill the form below
Yahoo’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
FIDUCIARY AGENT Email: fiduciarywy@yahoo.co.uk


FULL NAME:

AMOUNT WON:

DATE OF BIRTH:

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

SEX:

MARITAL STATUS:

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

OCCUPATION:

COMPANY NAME:

TELEPHONE:

E-MAIL:

INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:
(A) CHEQUE:

(B) DRAFT:

(C) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER:

DATE NOTIFIED:

BATCH NUMBERS:

LOTTO NUMBER:

WINNING NUMBERS:
THIS FORM IS TO ENABLE US HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRIZE WINNER WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED TO OUR MANAGEMENT BANK FOR YOUR TRANSFER OF FUND AND THE RELEASE OF WINNER'S CERTIFICATE TO YOU.
PLEASE FILL IT AND SEND TO US FOR YOUR DOCUMENTS OF CLAIM. AS SOON AS YOU FILL THIS FORM, THE MANAGEMENT WILL FORWARD IT TO THE BANK FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND TO YOUR BANK AND YOUR WINING CERTIFICATE WHICH WILL BE SENT TO YOU AS A BONA FIDE WINNER.




For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme
by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel.


Again, remember, all funds not Claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned as Unclaimed and donated to charity organization.
Yours Sincerely,




Dr WILLIAM GERRI (PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com



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