419 scam: Yahoo Mail Lottery <scbscb@ymail.com> You Have $100,000.00

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",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.
- +2348034707734 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Yahoo Mail Lottery <scbscb@ymail.com>
Reply-To: infoinquiry@gmx.us
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:36:05 -0500
Subject: You Have $100,000.00

www.lottery.co.uk

YAHOO MAIL LOTTERY
124 Stockport Road, Long sight,
Manchester M60 2 DB-United Kingdom.
12th October 2011.

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for 2011 Prize promotion which is organized by
YAHOO, GMAIL, AOL & WINDOWS LIVE, MSN ETC this 2011 YAHOO and MICRO
SOFT collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and
few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected every two
years to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected
Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center.
Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 60th days, from date
of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER:
MFI/08/APA-43658, REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522, PIN: 1208 WINNING
NUMBER: 01 14 21 30 35 48 These numbers fall within the Nigerian
Location Bank file because there are three winners in Nigeria and you
will be paid with them, you are requested to contact our Nigerian
appointed Bank in Africa for payment and send your winning
identification numbers and personal information to him:

APPOINTED BANK CONTACT INFORMATION:

NAME: GUARANTY CHARTERED BANK PLC
E-Mail: infoinquiry@gmx.us
TEL: +2348034707734

You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent
to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

1. Full Name............................
2. Country............................
3. Contact Address............................
4. Telephone Number............................
5. Fax Number............................
6. Date of birth............................
7. Occupation............................
8. Batch Number............................
9. Sex............................
10. Reference Number............................
11. Pin Number............................
12. Amount Won............................
13. Winning Number............................

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part
of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

Congratulations!! Once again.

Yours in service,

Mrs. Pamela Johnson

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