419 scam: Care <alert1923@live.com> YAHOO ACCOUNTS VERIFICATION ALERT

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Care <alert1923@live.com>
Reply-To: alertaccount78@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:06:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YAHOO ACCOUNTS VERIFICATION ALERT

Dear YAHOO,AT&T,
COMCAST, BELLSOUTH, VERIZON
& SBCGLOBAL user,

      This message is from AT&T Yahoo! messaging
center to all AT&T, COMCAST, BELLSOUTH,
VERIZON & SBCGLOBAL account owners and premium account owners. We are
currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all
unused AT&T, COMCAST, BELLSOUTH, VERIZON & SBCGLOBAL account to create
more space for new
accounts.

To prevent your account
from closing, you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's a
present useing account.

To do this, You have to click on your reply
botton to reply back to this message and then you fill the informations below.

    Confirm Your Identity

       Your ID:
.........
       Password:..................
       Your
Birthday:.................
       Your Country or
       Territory:
........................


FILL THE ABOVE
INFORMATIONS CORRECTLY TO AVOID YOUR ACCOUNT BLOCKED

Warning!!!
Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of this
notification will loss his or her account permanently.

Thanks for using
AT&T, COMCAST, BELLSOUTH, VERIZON & SBCGLOBAL;

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