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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cost of transfer" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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)
• 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 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.
  • hon_patrick_naba@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: LUCKY WINNER <2007win017@live.fr>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:55:22 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






Yahoo Deutschland in conjunction with Yahoo UK and ireland present





CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU WON $500.000.00 US DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Yahoo!Mail gives members random 3rd quarter year cash prizes. 28/10/2007,your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD DOLLARS. (US$500,000.00) for the month of september 2007 lottery promotion which is organized by Yahoo.de and yahoo.uk and ireland every quarter month.

Yahoo.de and yahoo.uk and ireland,collects all the mail id of the people that are using yahoomail,hotmails, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo,hotmail and all internet users .we only select ten people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States,
Asia,Europe,Middle East,Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our UK representative ,as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of USD500.000 .00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in United Kingdom,and nothing like deduction from winning amount,from any bank in the cost of transfer,you will pay your transfer charge to your paying bank because we dont want paying banks to tamper with any winners money.you are warned.
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers.
Batch number.............Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number..................Lwh09447

TO BEGIN CLAIMS,KINDLY CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:

NAME:HON PATRICK NABA
E-mail; hon_patrick_naba@myway.com



YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FORWARD TO HIM THE FOLLOWING DETAILS!!!

1.FULL NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS.
4.DATE OF BIRTH
5.OCCUPATION
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER
7.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)
8.MARITAL STATUS
9.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
10.AMOUNT WON.

As soon as you contact the Agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money.Congratulations once more!!

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-participant or un-official personnel.

Yours Sincerely,


Dr.DAWSON CLARK
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
YAHOOLOTTERY INC
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