419 scam: Re: Your Wining Prize........HelloInc <marknewmanessexdeptoffice@gmail.com> Your File Ref: UK/JA2CT-110P/59

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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.
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.
- barrydavidsonchambers@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From:
Reply-To: ecbp1002008@yahoo.com
Date:
Subject: Re: Your Wining Prize........Hello

MICROSOFT WEB / EMAIL USAGE CAMPAIGN
UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/91934717490
BATCH NO: 2010 SYSTEM YU#5139,

Congratulations!!

The prestigious Microsoft has set out successfully and organized, award=
s
programmed to mark our yearly web/email usage awareness campaign, we
rolled out over, =A3950,000.00(NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH
POUNDS). for the recently concluded web and email usage promotions.
Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide
range of World Wide Web www hosts, from whose patronage we have becom=
e
what we are today.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached REF: MSW-L/91934=
717490
BATCH NO: 2010 SYSTEM YU#5139 which subsequently won you =A3950,000.00
in our recently concluded promotions/campaign.

Hence you are advised to contact claims and processing,

Agent; (Mr.Davidson Barry)
Email: barrydavidsonchambers@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: .+442031630867

with the following details to file for claims and avoid delays and
complications of funds claim while the promotions last.

Kindly contact the agent on the above email stating the under listed
information,

**Full Names......................
**Country.........................
**Residential Address.............
**Occupation......................
**Age.............................
**Company ........................
**Phone...........................
**Gender..........................
**Marital status..................
**Next Of Kin.....................

These are your identification numbers,
Reference Number......................
BATCH Number..........................

Necessary information,s and procedures would be passed across in due
course. Once again Congratulations and we do like to hear from you soon=
=2E

Sincerely,
Mrs Thompson Venila A.
On behalf of Microsoft mail usage Promotions Board.

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