419 scam: YAHOO/MESSAGER LOTTERY 2011 <ajay_pandey_86@yahoo.co.in> YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $1,000000 USD(One Million USD) YAHOO/MESSENGER LOT

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
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!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447017700196 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrpastorrichardsmithagent2011@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: YAHOO/MESSAGER LOTTERY 2011 <ajay_pandey_86@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: mrpastorrichardsmithagent2011@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 07:13:39 +0530 (IST)
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $1,000000 USD(One Million USD) YAHOO/MESSENGER LOTTERY 2011.

YAHOO MESSENGER LOTTERY.

Office Address:Yahoo! UK & Ireland ..

Incoperation Baley House, Har Road

Sutton, Greater London SM1 4te United Kingdom.

Date/JULY
/2011/
Winning Amount
Payout to Winners:($1,000000 USD)

(One Million United State Dollars)

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $1,000000 USD(One Million USD) YAHOO/MESSENGER LOTTERY 2011.

DEAR LUCKY WINNER......

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of ONE MILLIONS
UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($1,000.000 USD) credited to file
KY/W0254674679BQ, for the month of JULY 2011 Lottery promotion which is
organized by YAHOO MESSENGER EMAIL ACCOUNT ONLINE LOTTERY INC &
WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the
people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to
Yahoo and Hotmail and Gmail we only select five people every Month as
our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner
applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent on immediately or before your date
of Claim will be cancel, Winning Award Prize will be transferring to
winners FREE without any processing charges. NOTE: That Yahoo Lottery
Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw
Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not
claimed within this period will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................YM 09102XN

Reff number.......................YM35447XN

Winning number.......YM 11 13 26 34 44 48

These numbers fall within the ASIAN agent's Location file, you are
requested to contact our Claims Department using the contact
information below for more information on how you can claim your
Winning prize money, send your winning identification numbers to them
with below payment approval form and a scan copy of your identity ID to
the claim manager through email .

It happen that your processing payment centre fall in U.K LONDON, 2011 payment Centre,

Please you have to contact our payment centre immediately through agent
email address below DR,PASTOR RICHARD SMITH 2011 claim agent.

CLAIMS DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFO;

CONTACT PERSON:........DR,PASTOR RICHARD SMITH.

E-mail: mrpastorrichardsmithagent2011@gmail.com

CONTACT NUMBER :+447017700196

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the
claims department to facilitate their verification on your winning.

(1.) .FULL NAME ..............................................

(2.)..FULL ADDRESS .......................................

(3)...NATIONALITY. ............................................

(4)...AGE...............................................................

(5)...OCCUPATION...............................................

(6)...TELEPHONE NUMBER................................

(7)...DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION...........

(8)...SEX.................................................................

(9)...TOTAL AMOUNT WON................................

(10)..MARITAL STATUS .....................................

(11)..EMAIL ADDRESS............................................

(12)..NAME OF YOUR STATE...............

(13)..WORKING PLACE ADDRESS.(14)..POSITION..

Scan a copy of your id or international passport and send together with
this payment form to the claim agent through email address, that will
enable Him to processing your winning prize easy.

NOTE. THAT WE PAID THROUGH DIPLOMATIC DELIVERING.

WEBSITE: http://yahoomsninc.weebly.com/index.html

Yahoo/Lottery Incorporation

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,

MRS CHRISTINA JAMES Dr. Gordon Brendan

(Public Relations Officer) (Lottery Co-ordinator) Yahoo Messenger Award Lottery 2011.

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