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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: Payment Centre <paymentcenter24@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Payment Centre <paymentcenter20@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:52:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE.


 Dear beneficiary,

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$800,000:00) in the 2015 online Prize Promotion which was organized by YAHOO, WINDOWS LIVE, AOL & OTHER
SOCIAL NETWORK. YAHOO and MICROSOFT collect all the Email addresses
of people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail, Gmail and few other e-mail providers. Six people E-mail addresses are selected to benefit from this Promotion and you are one of the selected winners.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Yahoo/Window Life Prize Award must be claimed soonest and any further delay by the beneficiary to go for his/her claim immediately will be forfeited. Please be informed that your (VISA CARD) sum of Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$800,000:00) is now with your FIDUCIARY AGENT in your allotted Settlement Centre issued and insured with your email address which won you this prize, therefore you are advise to contact your FIDUCIARY AGENT with your detail information so that they will expedite actions for the processing of your fund payment.

Below are your identification numbers which you should forward to your Fiduciary Agent for official processing of your claims:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/08/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522
AWARD WINNING NUMBER: 011421303548

Kindly note that your BATCH/REFERENCE NUMBERS fall within the Nigeria payment location file, therefore, you are requested to contact your FIDUCIARY AGENT/CLAIMS MANAGER in Nigeria through this contact:

CONTACT PERSON: MR. ANAM DURU
E-mail: anamduru@yahoo.com

You are further advised to send the following information to your Fiduciary Agent to facilitate the processing and subsequent release of your fund. Terms and Conditions applied.

1. Your full name……………………...
2. Your address……………………….
3. Your occupation…………………....
4. Your age…………………………….
5. Sex…………………………….........
6. Your Country of origin…..………......
7.Telephone Number………………….

Congratulations Once again.

Yours in service,
Dr. Johnson Smith.
(Co-ordinator Yahoo/Msn Award Lottery Promotion, Manchester, United Kingdom)

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