419 scam: YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY <y.interlotery@live.com> CONGRATULATIONS!!!rkDIRECTOR JP MORGAN CHASE BANKŒë¸"

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- european_consult@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY <y.interlotery@live.com>
Reply-To: european_consult@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 22:38:46 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!

      Messenger

YAHOO INTERNET
LOTTERY

CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON
$820,000.00!

Yahoo! Mail gives
members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as
one of the 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We
are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money
of (Eight Hundred And twenty Thousand US Dollars) ($820,000.00) for the  month
of April Lottery promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com
every month.



YAHOO! collects all
the mail id of the people that are online, among the millions that
subscribe to the world email we only select five people every month as
our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner
applying, we are congratulating you for been one of the people
selected. All participant 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.

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 British
representative office in London, as indicated
in your play coupon and your prize of $820,000.00 USD will be released
to you from this regional branch office in London,

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your
identification numbers..................

Batch number.....................Lwh09445

Lotto number.......................Lwh09446

Winning number...................Lwh09447

To begin your claims,
kindly contact the Fiduciary Agent Dr. Steve White of  EUROPEAN CONSULT LONDON ENGLAND on
email:european_consult@yahoo.com, Tel:+44-151-2038-031.

You are required to
forward Them the following details:

1.FULL NAME

2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

3.PRESENT ADDRESS

4.SEX

5.DATE OF BIRTH

6.AGE

7.OCCUPATION

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER

9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)

10.MARITAL STATUS

11 WINNING NUMBERS,
BATCH NUMBERS AND LOTTO NUMBERS.

12 THE MONTH YOU
WON......

13 AMOUNT
WON...................

As soon as you
contact your agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get
your prize money. Congratulations once more!!

For security reasons,
we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the
public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. MOORE (PHD)

LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.

Anti-fraud resources:

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