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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! <info@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: redeem_info@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:25:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Your E-mail address has won you US$1,000,000.00

Your E-mail address has won you US$1,000,000.00
YAHOO INC. LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
TICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.

Dear Winner,

Congratulations!!! You Won $1,000,000.00 on the ongoing Yahoo! Inc. Lottery Held here in Bangkok Thailand. Lucky you that your email address was selected randomly among the 25 lucky winners of this years award.

To begin your lottery claims, Please contact our Yahoo Lottery Co-ordinator Bangkok Thailand as follows,
Name: Mr. Mark Chang
Email: redeem_info@yahoo.co.jp

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.
Ticket number.....................467-76843196-07
Serial number.......................312091-4
Lucky number...................34-14-13-89-77-58
Ref number...................G.YILD/9733212206/76

Fill in the below information and forward to the above stated email address.

1. FULL NAME:................................
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:............
3. PRESENT ADDRESS:..............
4. DATE OF BIRTH:.....................
5.OCCUPATION;..........................
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.........
7. SEX:.........................................
8. FAX NUMBER:......................
9. MARITAL STATUS:.............
10. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER:.......
Address:


Note:If you are not interested to claim your winning prize, please do not bother to reply and CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM Yahoo! Inc. Lottery Organization.

Yours Sincerely
Vice President
Yahoo! Lotto Org.
Online Coordinator.
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