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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: jayraj@hathway.com
Reply-To: claims_dept112@live.co.uk
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:06:33 +0500
Subject: 2010 Lottery promotion !!!




Ref: YM35447XN
Batch: YM09102XN
=============================

Dear Guaranteed Winner

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Seven hundred
and Fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterlings(£750,000.00) for the
2010 Lottery promotion organized by YAHOO/MSN AND
MICROSOFT WINDOWS PROMOTIONS.Your email id was randomly selected
without you applying.

We congratulate you for being one of the five persons selected You are to contact
the events manager for claims.These are your identification numbers:

Batch number...................YM09102XN
Reff number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...............YM09788

How ever you will have to fill and submit your contact informations to the event
manager below:

1. Full Name..............
2. Contact Address.............
3. Age....................
4. Telephone Number............
5. Marital Status.........
6. Sex....................
7. Occupation.............
8. State:.................
9. Country................
10.Nationality............
11.How Do You Feel Has A Winner.......
12.Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail

{CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER}
Name: Mr David Mark
E-mail:claims_dept112@live.co.uk

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