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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:
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:15:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_Congratulations!_Your_Email_Address_has_Won______=A3?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?1=2C000=2C000?=
________________________________
From: Yahoo! <Yahoo!@Co-Operation.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 8:16:26 PM
Subject: Congratulations! Your Email Address has Won £1,000,000
Yahoo-Msn! Co-Operation
London
United Kingdom
We happily announce That the draw (#568) of Yahoo Online Lottery Raffle
Draw. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 883734657492-5319
which subsequently won you the Yahoo Financial Promotions cash Prize.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£1,000,000(One Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
To file for your claim, please contact our
Claims Agent:Yahoo Claims Dept.
Email: livetm.int@live.com
VERIFICATION FORM.(Fill and send to the Claims agent).
1.FULL NAME:
2.FULL ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.OCCUPATION:
6.TEL:
7.COUNTRY:
Congratulations from me and members of Yahoo Corporation
Mrs Tchina Hamoud
Yahoo Official
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