419 scam: "Prof.Antonia James" <awardmirocsoft@gmail.com> ATTENTION FINAL NOTIFICATION !!!

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",500,000" (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!
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.
- +447031856883 (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.
- claim.award2015@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Prof.Antonia James" <awardmirocsoft@gmail.com>
Reply-To: claim.award2015@consultant.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 01:30:17 -0500
Subject: ATTENTION FINAL NOTIFICATION !!!

British Microsoft Award
Headquarters: Customer service
33 Yatch Basin Marina Offices,
UponTyne Newcastle London.

Attention!!!

Your email addresses have just won YAHOO & WINDOWS LIVE prize money of
US$2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).
Award winners emerge through random selection of all active email
subscribers online. Six are selected monthly to benefit from this
promotion.

Payment of Prize and Claim
Winners are to be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. This
promotion was drawn based on email address as the key identification for
setting up online accounts. All valid email addresses in the World Wide
Web Draw used/participants for the online email promotion version were
selected randomly via computer balloting from a global website
collaboration with internet companies like eBay, pay pal, liberty reserve,
and Google whom also built their systems and based their membership
registration identity on email addresses supporting this computer draw
system done by extracted email addresses from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies and affiliated members to the National
Lottery website and their advertisers listed online.

WINNER NO: 4
Batch Number: GML-S343-KKT
Reference Number: 56T-DTH78
Award File Security code: UK/+QU34005

Please note that you’re lucky winning ticket file and number falls to
Europe booklet representative office in London UK, as indicated in your
ballot played coupon. In view of this, your ($2,500,000.00) would be
released to you by our payment department in London:

CONTACT YOUR LOTTERY CLAIM AGENT BELOW:
NAME MR. DAVID MARK
Mobile Phone: +44703 185 6883
E-mail: claim.award2015@consultant.com

Kindly send the following information to your claim agent to facilitate
the release of your fund.

1. Full Name:
2. Age:
3. Sex:
4. Address:
5. Occupation:
6. Email Address:
7. Country of origin:
8. Country of resident:
9. Telephone:
10. Fax Numbers:

Once your agent acknowledges receipt of this required detail, transfer
would commence. Congratulations!! Once Again.

Yours in service,
[Mr. John Martins]
[British Microsoft Award Manager] [Lottery Board Director, Head Office U.K]

NOTE
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you
in whatever choice you want to claim your prize. Precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program are in place.
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