419 scam: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YAHOO_!_AND_GOOGLE_SEARCH_INCORPORATIONS=AE?= <at432at3@att.net> YOU WON IT !

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "greater london" (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.
- dr.rayhiswen@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YAHOO_!_AND_GOOGLE_SEARCH_INCORPORATIONS=AE?= <at432at3@att.net>
Reply-To: dr.rayhiswen@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 04:31:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOU WON IT !

Yahoo! UK & Ireland and Google Search

Yahoo! and Google Search Lottery Incorporation
Baley House, Hart Road Sutton, Greater London SM1 4te
United Kingdom

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND GB POUNDS (£500,000) for the month of July
2010 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO AND GOOGLE
LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS WITH GOOGLE SEARCH collects
all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and
Hotmail.We only select five people every Month as our
winners through electronic balloting System without the
winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the
people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim,
Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center.Yahoo
Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw
Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not
claimed within this period will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Ref. number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788

These numbers fall within the London agent's Location
file, you are requested to contact him and send your
winning identification numbers to him,

NAME:DR. RAYMOND HISASHIVICE WENCESLAUSE
E-Mail:dr.rayhiswen@yahoo.co.uk
OR CALL +44(7) 035 950 896.

You are therefore advised to send the following
information to the Claims Agent to facilitate them and
process the transfer of your fund.

1. Full name.....................
2. Country........................
3. Contact Address...................
4. Telephone Number......................
5. Marital Status...........................
6. Occupation..............................
7. Age....................................
8. Sex...............................

CHOOSE METHOD OF PAYMENT

(1) By Certified Cheque........................................

(2) Bank To Bank Wire Transfer............................

Congratulations!! Once again.
Yours in service,

APPROVED
MRS CLARA ANDERSON

Yahoo! UK & Ireland

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