419 scam: "mrs.tina akirA" <mrs.tina-akira@voila.fr> Congratulations On Your Winnings

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- +66896694451 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
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.
- changsomchai12@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs.tina akirA" <mrs.tina-akira@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:30:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Congratulations On Your Winnings



  Lottery

YAHOO INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY  CONGRATULATIONS!

Yahoo!! International Lottery
Organization

Bangkok
Branch Office

Address: 3
Rajdamnern Avenue

Bangkok
10200 Thailand .

Yahoo! Mail announces you as
one of the 5 lucky winners in the on going Yahoo lottery Award of the New Year Held on 1st of
January 2010.

All 5 winning email addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania
as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually,
consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of ONE MILLION UNITED
STATE DOLLARS ( $1, 000. 000.000 USD)

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) falls within our Bangkok representative office in Bangkok Thailand, as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ( $1,000.000.00USD) will be
released to you from this regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand.

Your fund is now deposited
with our Bank/Security Company Bangkok Thailand and insured in your name. Due to
mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public
notice until your claim has been processed, and your winning Cheque have being
sent to you or remitted to your account, as this is part of our security
protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage of this
program by participants, as has happened in the past.

HOW TO CLAIM
YOUR PRIZE:

These are your
identification numbers.

Ticket
number.....................085-12876077-09

Serial
number........................51390-0

Lucky
number...................03-05-12-14-28-38

Ref
number...................N.EGS/3662367114/13

To begin your
lottery claims, Please contact our Yahoo Lottery Co-cordinator as
follows.

Name: Mr. Chang
Somchai. co-odinator

Email: changsomchai12@yahoo.com.hk

Telephone:+6689-669-4451.

You are to send
the completed verification form below to the co-ordinator whose name and email
address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your
prize money. Congratulations
once more!!.

1. FULL NAME:

2. COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN:
3. PRESENT
ADRESS:
4. DATE OF
BIRTH:
5. SEX:

6.
OCCUPATION:
7. PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER:

8. FAX NUMBER:

9. MARITAL
STATUS:
10. WINNING
NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER:

Remember, all prize money
must be claimed not later than 30th of March 2010. Any claim not made by this
date will be returned to HER MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that
10% of your lottery winning belongs to THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY. Because they are
the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your favour.

NOTE: In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers in all correspondences with us, furthermore, should there be
any change of address, please do inform our Co-ordinator as soon as possible.
Yahoo lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo!
Registered user.

An original copy
of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit certificate will be sent to you by
Administrative Remittance Operation
Manager.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members
of our staff and thank you for being a part of our International Promotions
program of the New Year.We wish you continued good fortunes.

Yours
Sincerely,

Dr. Raymond Hisashi. Vice
President Yahoo! Lotto Org.

Mrs. Tina Akira.
Online Coordinator.

Copyright? 1994-2010 The
Yahoo-Thailand Internet Promotions. All rights reserved. Terms of Service -
Guidelines.

Congratulations
On Your
Winnings

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