419 scam: "Mrs Sarah Swimms"<info@aaasafety.co.uk> Your Have Emerge a Lucky Winner

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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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Sarah Swimms" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mkmor1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:15:57 -0700
Subject: Your Have Emerge a Lucky Winner

>From Microsoft Online Promotion Coordinator and Barclays Bank London Remittance Director

Congratulations,

Your have emerge a lucky winner of 750,000 {Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds} in our Microsoft End of Year Online Promotions; Your email id was attached to Ticket Batch Number: YM 1109102XN with Security Authentication Ref Number: YM354437XN, which subsequently won you the prize in our Third Category Draw held on 10th December, 2010.

Please note that we have verified your winning and concluded every arrangement towards making the payment of your winning prize. Be informed that the Barclays Bank London Plc would make the payment to you once we receive your reply back.

We held a prolonged meeting this morning with the Bank’s Foreign Remittance Director here in London and your winning details was given to them to make a total payment transfer of 750,000 {Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds} to you unconditionally.

The sum of 750,000 {Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds} will be given to you as a winner and you need to choose one of the below option below you prefer on how you will like to receive your prize.

OPTION ONE: A Verified Cashier check will be send to you and it will take only 38 hours to get the Verified Cashier check cleared in any bank world wide and it will include it back up document to prove the check is legit.

OR

OPTION TWO: The total fund will be transferred via electronic wire transfer from Barclays Bank London into any account you provide and it will take only 48 hours to get the funds into your account.

I want you to make a choice and get back to me with the option you prefer once i receive your reply back and the option you prefer i will instruct you what to do next on how to claim your prize immediately.

NOTE: YOU HAVE ONLY FEW WORKING DAYS TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE AND I AM AFRAID THAT ANY FURTHER DELAY MAY LEAD TO AUTOMATIC CANCELLATION OF THIS OFFER TO YOU.

Congratulations, Once Again!!!

Mrs Sarah Swimms,
Microsoft Online Promotion Coordinator.
Microsoft Corporation Inc.
E342 Wing Square, London, UK.

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