419 scam: United Nations Remitance Department <unremitancedep@gmail.com> Yahoo! UK & Ireland

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447035929019 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- 3amrbenjamin.brown@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: United Nations Remitance Department <unremitancedep@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:18:06 -0700
Subject: Yahoo! UK & Ireland

Yahoo! Inc.
Customer Care
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
USA.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of OneMillion
(US$1,000,000.00 ) in the YEAR 2011 YAHOO! Lottery promotionwhich is
organized by YAHOO! LOTTERY INC for the introduction andLaunching of the New
YAHOO ! BETA MAIL which all YAHOO! subscribers arerequired to switch to.

YAHOO! & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, arranged and gathered all thee-mail addresses of
the people that are active online, among theMillions that subscribe at
YAHOO!, HOTMAIL and others we only selectedTHREE candidates as our winners
after undergoing the random selectionprocess through Electronic Balloting
System (E.B.S) without thecandidate applying, we congratulate you for being
one of the peopleselected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact the Claim Agent Benjamin Brown who willissue you a
clearance paper as a winning certificate approved and certified from our
Regional office in London, and your prize money willbe released to you from
any of our regional promotion banks asdirected by the claim agent.

YAHOO! Beta Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 14 days from date
of Draw Notification in which Prize has been won .

Note: (Any prize not claimed within this period 15 days) will be forfeited.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:
Batch number..................... YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number........................ ..YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number................YBM-EBS- 798AF

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within ourEuropean Regional
booklet representative office in London as indicatedin your play coupon. In
view of this, your (One Million United StatesDollars) will be released to
you by our payment Regional offices in EUROPEAN PAYMENT CENTER Precisely
London.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT HERE
Our European Fiduciary Claims Agent:
Mr. Benjamin Brown
Official Email:mrbenjamin.brown@yahoo.
com<h/b2nzz8ef38bj/?v=b&cs=wh&to=Email%3Amrbenjamin.brown@yahoo.com>
Phone: + 44 7035 929019.

Enjoy Online Lottery

YAHOO!MAIL BETA LOTTERY APPROVED

Send your Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information tohim so that he
will proceed further for your prize claim immediately:

PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. Full Name:......................... ...............
2. Nationality/Religion:......... .....................
3. Contact Address:...................... ............
4. Mobile Telephone Number:....................... ......
5. Fax Number:....................... ................
6. Date of Birth:........................ ................
7. Occupation.................... ........................
8. Age........................... ..........................
9. Sex........................... ...................
10. Alternative E-mail address:.................
11. Next of Kin of the Beneficiary in case...........

You are advised to keep your winning information confidential toavoid double
claim and abuse of the program until your prize is paidto you.

We hope you're enjoying your new Yahoo! Mail account. Now take the next step
and claim your money and say thanks to Yahoo!

This prize will be released to you from any of our promotional banks as will
be directed by the London Claim/verification agent.

Yahoo! UK & Ireland

Copyright © 2011 Yahoo Inc!. All rights reserved

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