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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: Carla Houston <carlahouston2872@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lindanaidoo19360@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 07:01:20 -0700
Subject: End Of Year

Promotions/ Prize Award Department South Africa.

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Three Million
Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars, ($ 3,800, 000.00)on our
ongoing Monthly Bonanza AWARD 2021 prize promotion, which was
organized by YAHOO! INC, AOL, GMAIL and MSN WINDOWS LIVE AWARDS.

Yahoo/Msn collects all email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and
few from other E-mail Providers. Five people are selected this month
to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the lucky Selected
Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center.
YAHOO & OUTLOOK WINDOWS LIVE PRIZE AWARD must be claimed no later than
10 days from date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within
this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER:2004434522
WINNING NUMBER: 14, 21,30,34,47,71
PIN: 1206

These numbers fall within the Africa Location file, you are requested
to contact our fiduciary agent in South Africa and send your winning
identification numbers to him:

Agent Name: Mr. Charles Robert
Address: 1st Floor Medical Mews,Sandton City,South Africa.
PLEASE CONTACT HIM THROUGH THIS EMAIL, ADDRESSES:
E-mail: charlesrobert0401@outlook.com
E-mail: charlesrobert11631@aol.com
Phone: +27838681762

You are advised to send the following information’s to your agent to
facilitate the release of your winning fund to you.

1. Full Names…………………………………...
2. Country…………………………………...…...
3. Contact Address………………………...….
4. Telephone Number…………………….….
5. Fax Number……………………...………….
6. Marital Status……………………………….
7. Occupation………………………………….
8. Date of birth………………………………
9. Sex……...…………………………………….

Mrs. Linda Naidoo
Lottery coordinator
Yahoo! & Outlook Board

..................................................................................................................................................................................................................

WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
WARNING!! WARNING!!

Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is
successfully 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 like the notification letter that
was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box 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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