419 scam: "Scott Brown"<scottbrown1748@yahoo.co.uk> Congratulation

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Scott Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <microclams@gncn.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:18:25 +0100
Subject: Congratulation

MICROSOFT UK PROMOTION
42 Park Avenue, Barbourne,
Worcester, United Kingdom.

Congratulation,

File No: MICROSOFT/UK/407/PROMO/06/2011

Attn: Beneficiary,

We are marking our 142nd anniversary/New year promo, we rolled out over £16,000,000.00 (Sixteen Million Great Britain Pounds) for our 142nd Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through computer ballot system drawn through the online and offline messager without the beneficiary appling from 25,000 company e-mail addresses, and 30,000,00 individual e-mail addresses from over 40 networks from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa as part of International Promotions programs held in Queen Elizabeth Park United Kingdom.

I want to officially announce to you that your Email address has just won you the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling {£500,000.00 GBP}, to begin the verification process of your prize, you are required to provide us with your details bellow for verification and please remember to quote your file number in every correspondence to us, to enable us guard you on the claim process

These are your Winning Information and Identification Numbers:

Batch Number............................PC/3445X/2009
Pin no.....................................MCL/676/66421/W
Winning Numbers.................................. ....YM805882
Reference Number........................................YM35447XN

Contact person for claims

Mr.James Keegan (Esq)
Award Adviser Microsoft New Year Promotion

For any enquiries, please email microclams@gncn.net or contact 447870376428 .

Also ensure you provide us with your details as stated below:

1. Full Name:
2. Age:
3. State
4. Country
5. Contact Address
7. Occupation
8. Direct Telephone Number

Once Again Congratulation.
Mr.Scott Brown
Promo Coordinator

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