419 scam: AOL NOTIFICATIONS <ilcbhq@yahoo.es> Congratulations!!!

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- robertbrownfto@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- microsoft security department robert brown (mr) email:robertbrownfto@aol.com email:aolpaymentoffice@yahoo.de (Aol, Germany; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: AOL NOTIFICATIONS <ilcbhq@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: robertbrownfto@aol.com
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:41:36 -0500
Subject: Congratulations!!!

2010 AOL ANNIVERSARY NOTIFICATION.

Dear Lucky Winner,

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise
but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over
your success in the following official publication of results of the
E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by AOL Corporation,in
conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software
products,(F.P.S.) held this July 2010, in London. The prestigious AOL
has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the 2010
Anniversary for JULY, from the Board of AOL Corporations Award
Lottery, we rolled out over ?900.000.00(Nine Hundred Thousand Euros
Only) Draws.

The AOL Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our
CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion
companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other
International Companies. The AOL internet E-mail draw is held
periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and
promote computer literacy worldwide.

This message will be identified as junk for your safety, this
indicates that this message is from AOL Corporation.

NOTE: Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is
successfully 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 AOL Corporation. This is solely to collect your
personal information from you and lay claim over your notification
letter that was sent to you, Kindly forward a copy to us and delete it
from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person
or body.AOL shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising
from the above mentioned.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!

Yours Sincerely,
Sindel Patterson,
M.S.PRO.ZONAL COORDINATOR.
2010 AOL LOTTERY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

CONTACT: AGENT
********************************************************
FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
DR. ROBERT BROWN.
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
ROBERT BROWN (Mr)
Email:robertbrownfto@aol.com
Email:AOLPAYMENTOFFICE@YAHOO.DE

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