419 scam: "Ms.Linda Anderson" <nig.efcc_234@yahoo.com> RE:PAYMENT...........

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",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)
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.
- +447035931148 (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.
- mrnelsoncole@london.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms.Linda Anderson" <nig.efcc_234@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrnelsoncole@london.com
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 23:10:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE:PAYMENT...........

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are delighted to
inform you that you have won the sum of (One
Million Pounds Sterling (£1,000,000) from YAHOO! MSN AOL GMAIL (WINDOWS LIVE) Awards
programme.

YAHOO! collects all the 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. Six
people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of
the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT
OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her
Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from
date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR
PRIZE

These are your
identification numbers..........

SERIAL NO:........................652-662
Batch
number:.......................AT-040-SB06-03
REF
NUMBER :...........
...........OSL/653/029/03

LUCKY NO:............................7-14-18-23-31-45

you are hereby advice to get back to us by
contacting with your Clearance Officer Mr.Nelson Cole, for your
Claim.

Contact:Mr.Nelson Cole.
Email: mrnelsoncole@london.com

Phone:+44
7035931148

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS

You are
required to forward the following details to Mr.Nelson Cole.

1.FULL
NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS
4.SEX
5.DATE OF
BIRTH
6.AGE
7.OCCUPATION
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER
9.FAX NUMBER(IF
ANY)
10.MARITAL STATUS
11.LUCKY NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER,SERIAL NUMBER AND REF
NUMBER.

As soon as you contact
him,He will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize
money.Congratulations once more!!

For security
reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the
public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial
personnel.

Yours faithfully,
Ms.Linda Anderson
On
line co-ordinator for
YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes
International program.
********************************************************************************************************************
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 similar to 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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