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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: Dr collis <collismakaba@gala.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:35:32 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: MSN-YAHOO AWARDS

 

                       CENTER MSN-YAHOO AWARDS


 From The Desk Of The Promotions Manager
 International Promotions/Yahoo Award Center
 124 Stockport Road, Long sight, 
Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
 
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Hundred & Fifty Thousand Euro (€150,000,00) for the month of May 2010, Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS  & WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO/GMAIL collects all the email addresses frequent web users among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail/MSN and web mail plus few other e-mail providers. Ten users are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and your e-mail address is one of the Selected Winners.
                           
                                              Claim and release of Prize Money:

Winners shall be paid in accordance with allocated payment Center. MSN-Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.


Stated below are your Winning Details: 
 
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/ASA-778658

REFERENCE NUMBER: MYAC210244533

PIN:  11156 (must be activated before Prize Money Release).
 
These numbers fall within the Africa payment center, you are requested to contact our Release & Payment office based in South Africa with your winning details immediately; they will create a file for you and forward your details to the paying bank in the United Kingdom to release your prize money to you.


  Do fill the Documentation Form below and forward to our Release & Payment office:


Contact Person: Dr Collis Makaba or Elitah Ogle

Email: collismakaba@gala.net

Telephone +27 83 770 4945



                                          MSN-YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM
FULL NAMES: __________________________________
ADDRESS: _____________________________CITY: ________________________
STATE: __________________________________ ZIP: _____________________

COUNTRY: ________________________________ 
CELL/MOBILE NO: ________________________________ 

HOME/WORK NO: ________________ FAX: __________________
SEX: _______________ AGE: __________________ 
MARITAL STATUS: ________________ 
OCCUPATION: ________________________ 
E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________ 
NATIONALITY: _________________________


CONGRATULATIONS once again and we hope that you will extend the charity with part of your prize money to the less privileged in your community!


Mr. Cul Allen                                                                                                                                                                                             Coordinator,                                                                                                                                   United Kingdom                                                                      

WARNING!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successful handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mailbox and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.
  

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