419 scam: "Arik Compensation 2011" <info@arik.com> AWARD 2011 !!!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- arikcompensation2011@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Arik Compensation 2011" <info@arik.com>
Reply-To: arikcompensation2011@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:16:40 +0300
Subject: AWARD 2011 !!!

Payment No. M30911

YOU HAVE WON ё700,000 POUNDS !

YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF THE 12 TOP LUCKY WINNERS SHELL PROMOTION
AWARD 2011 !!!

Your Email account is randomly selected as one of the 12 top winners
accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you
that you have won a prize money of ( SEVEN HundredThousand British
Pounds ( ё700.000.00 GBP ) lottery win promotion which is
organized by UK /ASIA ARIK COMPENSATION 2011 WAS collects from
the E-mail addresses of the people that are using especially yahoo
mail, Gmail , sify mail, rediffmail,msn mail ,hotmail online and
offline on messenger, among the millions that subscribe to internet we
only select 12 people as our winners through electronic balloting
System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for been
one of the people selected to receive top cash prize . All participant
were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted UK THIS MONTH .

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your winning details(e-mail address) to fiducial agent , as
indicated in your play coupon and your cash prize of ( ё700.000.00
GBP ) will be released to you from this regional branch office .
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for ё37 Million GBP international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your Winning Information and Identification Numbers:

Reference Number......................... ........02-0H-08
Ticket/Lotto Number........................ ...577-744-3465-E77
Batch Number..........................0952-K
File Number........................FA-1305U-ID
Serial Number.....................652-662
Category .................................2ND CATEGORY

****************************** ****************************** ***********
To begin your claims, kindly contact Our Asian Fiduciary Agent EMAIL
ADDRESS BELOW , DR .Tom Mike address below.
arikcompensation2011@yahoo.com
DR .Tom Mike (Fiduciary Agent)

****************************** ******************************
**************************

You are required to forward your winning details via the above e-mail
addresses.And note that you must send your information to the above
offices for verification purposes.

1. FULL NAME.......................... .
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.........
3. PRESENT ADDRESS..........
4. AGE........................... ..............
5. OCCUPATION.................... ...
6. SEX........................... ...............
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER........
8. MARITAL STATUS.................
9. BATCH NUMBER...................
10. TICKET/LOTTO NUMBER ...........
11. SERIAL NUMBER..- ..........
12. REFERENCE NUMBER........
13. CATEGORY.......................
14. AMOUNT WON...............

As soon as you contact the Fiduciary Agent, he will advise you on what to
do in order to get your prize money.

APPROVED

MR.PETERSON JAMES

( CO-ORDINATOR)

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