419 scam: "Cricket world Cup Tournament"<green@thirlwell-estates.co.uk> CSA congratulates you and your family for winning (USD$3.000,000,.00.)ICC.

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million united state 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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "cricketgames@blumail.org" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +27788758917 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Cricket world Cup Tournament" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cricketgames@blumail.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:53:12 +0200
Subject: CSA congratulates you and your family for winning (USD$3.000,000,.00.)ICC.

Wanderers Club, 21 North Street,IllovoJohannesburg

Address: PO Box 67019 ,Northlands,2116

Congratulations!

Your E-mail address is one of the 19 lucky Email Addresses who have won in the South Africa 2012World Cricket Prize Award of (USD$3.000,000,.00.)Three Million United State Dollars)The 2012 ICC WorldTwenty20will be the fourth ICC WorldTwenty20competition, an internationalTwenty20cricket tournament that will be held inSri Lankabetween September 18 and October 7.

2012 would be important for all the teams of ICC as it will feature very important series and we have put list of upcoming cricket series or tournament in the year 2012 with detailed description and information. In some countries likeIndiaand South Asian countries, Europeans,South America, United State Of America cricket is followed by more than (4) four billion world cricket fans.

This will be the first WorldTwenty20tournament held in an Asian country, the last three being held inSouth Africa,Englandand theWest Indiesrespectively.South Africawill be hosting the next Cricket world Cup Tournament in 2013.

I wish to congratulate you on your victory; Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/herSettlementCenter. Stated below are your identification numbers:

Contact The Claim Agent (Mr. Frank Taylor) with Below Information's.

REFERENCE NUMBER: ZA/2012 /ICC/

REFERENCE NUMBER: ICC/2012/4123/CAMP/

SECURITY CODE: 2012/2013/8828

AMOUNT YOU WON……….

PHONE NUMBER…………

ADDRESS…………………….

Occupation ……………………

You are required to forward the details of your winning to the Claim Agent to help facilitate the processing of your claims.

Claim Agent (Mr. Frank Taylor)

Email:cricketgames@blumail.org

+27-788-758-917

Regards.

Mr. Frank Taylor:

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