419 scam: Leather Bootboy <nzboot4u@yahoo.com> From Barrister James Peter

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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:

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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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: Leather Bootboy <nzboot4u@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:50:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Barrister James Peter

>From Barrister James Peter

This was brought to you by Yahoo!.

Yahoo! Mail Windows collects all the Mail ID of the People that are online on Yahoo/Hotmail and others, among the Millions that subscribe to Internet we only select five people every Month as our Winners through Electronic Balloting System (EBS) without the Winner applying. We are congratulating you for been one of the People selected. All Participants were selected through a Computer Balloting system drawn from Nine Hundred Thousand E-mail Addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our International Promotions program which is conducted annually.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address) fall within our Africa Representative Office in Accra-Ghana, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ($2,000,000.00) will be released to you from our Regional Bank Branch Office in Ghana.

Yahoo Beta Mail Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won.

Note: Any prize not claimed within this period (14 days) will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................YBM-EBS-360AF
Reff number........................YBM-EBS-710AF
Winning number...................YBM-EBS-718AF

These numbers above fall within the agentâ€™s Location file.

You are therefore advised to send the following information to our Office to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund with the appointed paying bank.

Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to our Office immediately:

Personal Information's

1. Full name.....................................
2. Country.......................................
3. Contact Address...........................
4. Telephone Number........................
5. Marital Status..............................
6. Occupation.................................
7. Age...........................................
8. Sex...........................................
9. Working ID card or Passport..........

Have a Great Day

Barrister James Peter (windowsid1@live.com)
Lottery Commission Board
Yahoo! Microsoft Windows Lottery Promotions.

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