419 scam: "Yahoo Msn Google Draws." <winer2010@gala.net> Please confirm your award prize thro ur agent.

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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:

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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "pricepay@collector.org" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447031742905 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Yahoo Msn Google Draws." <winer2010@gala.net>
Reply-To: "Yahoo Msn Google Draws." <yahot1100@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 02:35:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please confirm your award prize thro ur agent.

YAHOOAWARDS
CENTER.

Yahoo Awards
Center
From The Desk Of
The Promotions Manager
International Promotions/Yahoo Award
Center
124 Stockport Road, Long sight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United
Kingdom

This is to inform
you that you have won a prize
moneyof One Million
Three Hundred, Twenty Thousand Pounds(£1,320,000,00.) for the month of
April 2010, Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS &
WINDOWS
LIVE.YAHOO/GMAIL collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmailand 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 no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize
not
claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your
identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER:
MFI/06/ASA-778658
REFERENCE
NUMBER: 2009244533
PIN: 1291

These numbers fall
within the EnglandAnd
Africa
Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Londonand send your
winning identification numbers to him; Below you will find a
Documentation Form,
requesting your required Particulars.
YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM
FULL
NAMES:__________________________________
ADDRESS:_____________________________CITY: ________________________
STATE :__________________________________ ZIP:
_____________________
COUNTRY________________________________
CELL/MOBILE NO:
________________________________
HOME/WORK
NO:________________ FAX__________________
SEX:_______________ AGE:__________________
MARITAL STATUS:
________________
OCCUPATION:
________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
_____________________________
NATIONALITY_________________________

You are
required to
fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas / United
Kingdom Claim Agent with
the below email address.
Overseas
Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit

Contact Person: Alan
Kai
Tel: +44
7031742905
Email: pricepay@collector.org

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your
disposal, I
remain.
Yours in
service,
Mr. Alan
Kai.
WARNING!
Do not
tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successful 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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