419 scam: robbort mark <> Dear Lucky Winner,YOU HAVE WON ?100,000.00 GBP

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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:
- "overseas claims unit" (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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- +2347030725430 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- robbortmark@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: robbort mark <>
Reply-To: robbortmark@rocketmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:48:38 +0100
Subject: Dear Lucky Winner,YOU HAVE WON ?100,000.00 GBP

Yahoo/Msn & Microsoft Windows 2010 Lottery Results
YOU HAVE WON ?100,000.00 GBP
Dear Lucky Winner,
Yahoo/Msn & Microsoft Windows 2010! Announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Lottery draw, held in London United Kingdom. All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails addresses. And you have been approved for a total cash prize of ?100,000.00 GBP (One Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) only.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by Yahoo/Msn & Microsoft Windows 2010, as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more, your e-mail address falls within our Africa Representative Office in Lagos Nigeria as indicated in your play card. And your prize of One Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds (?100,000.00 GBP) will be paid to you from the regional branch office in Lagos Nigeria .

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................YM 1109102XN
Reff number......................YM 354437XN
Winning number...................YM 111388540498

Our payment Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your prize delivered to you via ATM VISA CARD. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for claim, fill out the information required in the verification form and establish contact via e-mail to our overseas claims unit with the information below:
OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT
(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name:robbort mark
:

Email:robbortmark@rocketmail.com
TEL: +234 7030725430
VERIFICATION FORM ( Complete the information below )

1. Full name..............
2. Contact Address........
3. Age....................
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Sex....................
7. Next Of Kin............
8. Zip Code...............
9. Occupation.............
10. Company................
11. State:.................
12. Country................
13. Nationality............
14. Your Reference and Batch number are at the top of this mail:
Congratulations once more from our staffs.

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