419 scam: UK NOTIFICATION AWARD <notificationresult@verizon.net> GOOD NEWS 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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "yahoo lottery inc" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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 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.
- mrs.curtisrose@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- to her, her. email: name: mrs.rose curtis. e-mail: mrs.curtisrose@yahoo.co.uk e-mail: curtis.mrsrose@yahoo.co.uk you are therefore (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: UK NOTIFICATION AWARD <notificationresult@verizon.net>
Reply-To: curtis.mrsrose@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 19:17:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOOD NEWS NOTIFICATION!!!

Yahoo Lottery

Inc operation

Baley House, Har Road

Sutton, Greater London

SM1 4te

United Kingdom.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND British Pounds (£,300,000.00 Pounds) for the month of (OCT. 2009) Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO, collects all the email addresses of the people that are online on Yahoo email addresses, among the millions that subscribe to Yahoo we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center.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...................YM09788.

You are requested to contact the agent Mrs. Rose Curtis and send your winning identification numbers to her, her. email:

Name: MRS.ROSE CURTIS.

E-mail: mrs.curtisrose@yahoo.co.uk

E-mail: curtis.mrsrose@yahoo.co.uk

You are therefore advise to send the following information to the Claims Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

FULL NAME............................

DATE OF BIRTH.......................

ADDRESS.............................

SEX.................................

AGE.................................

NATIONALITY.........................

OCCUPATION...........................

TELEPHONE...........................

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,

(DR.)MRS. ROSE CURTIS.

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