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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: YAHOO BETA LOTTERY INC <yaho-beta-awa-rd3@msn.com>
Reply-To: <revfrjohnp09@live.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:33:22 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !! YOUR E-MAIL ID HAS WON YAHOO BETA ONLINE
PROGRAMME 2009.



YAHOO BETA /MICROSOFT
INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2009


GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSE!!!


YAHOO BETA /MICROSOFT IS
REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA


PROTECTION ACT OF; (Registration
Z720633X).









Ref No: YBM-EBS-719AF


Batch Number: YBM-EBS-390AF


Winning Number. YBM-EBS-798AF





Coupon No.MSTL-146478972197





Dear Email Bearer,









CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING
NOTICE!!!









Yahoo Beta private International
E-games organizers and Co-sponsors,
MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ officially bring to your notice of the final draw
result of 2009 YAHOO MICROSOFT / STAATSLOTERIJ wheel E-game which was conducted
at our international corporate office complex in London.







Most recently this foundation set
up the YAHOO BETA LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT
SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for
academic and business pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater, art
and literature projects in the social and political arena with a focus on
health, as well as science, research, and higher education. We wish to
Congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which
was selected among the 5 lucky consolation prize winners.










Your email ID identified with
Coupon No. MSTL-146478972197 was selected by our E-games Random Selection
System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled
for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email
addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies.





You have won a consolation cash
prize of $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only).The YAHOO BETA, MICROSOFT/STAATSLOTERIJ Group have
approved a payout of your consolation cash prize which will be remunerated
directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.









Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will
render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and
processes for the claims of your consolation prize. For due processing of your
winning claim, please contact your claim Agent Rev.Father John Palenberg who
has been assigned to assist you.








CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT:









Name: Rev.Father John Palenberg






E-mail: revfrjohnp09@live.com









Telephone Number: +447035972735






You are advised to provide him
with the following information:





Name:





Phone/Fax Number:






Nationality:






Marital Status:






Age:





Ref Number: YBM-EBS-719AF





Batch Number: YBM-EBS-390AF





Winning Number: YBM-EBS-798AF





Coupon Number: MSTL-146478972197








MEANS OF
PAYMENT







Cheque Delivery





Bank Account Transfer




Diplomatic Means









Once again congratulations from
all our staffs on your Consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in
our Forth coming YAHOO BETA, MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ Email-games.





Regards,






(Group Coordinator)









NB: In accordance with the YAHOO
BETA, MICROSOFT/STAATSLOTERIJ E-games policy and regulations, this notification
is dispatched directly to only the 5 lucky consolation prize Winners. This
notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or
confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the
right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky number along with the
winning information, you are not authorized to read, print, retain copy or
disseminate this notice or any part of it.











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COPYRIGHT (C) 2000-2009 YAHOO
LOTTERY AWARD INC.

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