419 scam: claim office <claimoffice29@gmail.com> TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states 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)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- y.lotteryorganization93@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: claim office <claimoffice29@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:01:11 +0100
Subject: TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

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*Yahoo! International Lottery Organization
Bangkok Branch Office Address:
10/15 Convent Road, Silom, Bangrak,
Bangkok 10500, Thailand.

Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 25 lucky winners in the ongoing 12
Years Yahoo lottery Award
of the New Year Held in Bangkok Thailand 2012.

All 25 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of
(50,000.000.00) International emails each from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently,
you have been approved for a total payout of ONE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ONLY ($1,000.000.000 USD)

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 details(e-mail address) falls within our Bangkok
representative office in Bangkok Thailand, as indicated in your play coupon
and your prize of ($1,000.000.000 USD) will be released
to you from this regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand.

Your fund is now deposited with our Bank/Security Company Bangkok Thailand
and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been
processed, and your winning Cheque have being sent to you or remitted to
your account, as this is part of our security protocol, to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage of this program by
participants, as has happened in the past.

YAHOO LOTTERY is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo!
Registered user.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers.

Ticket number.....................085-12876077-09
Serial number.......................51390-0
Lucky number...................03-05-12-14-28-38
Ref number...................N.EGS/3662367114/13

To begin your lottery claims, Contact
Dr. Ray Brown
Email: (y.lotteryorganization93@yahoo.com.hk)
You are to send the completed verification form below to enable us process
your winning prizes. Congratulations once more!!

1. FULL NAME
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3. PRESENT ADRESS.
4. DATE OF BIRTH SEX
6. OCCUPATION
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER
8. FAX NUMBER
9. MARITAL STATUS
10. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30 days of
receiving this notification. Any claim not made by this date will be
returned to HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you
for being a part of Yahoo! International Promotions program. We wish you
continued good fortunes.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Akira Itsuki,
Vice President Yahoo! Lotto Org.

Online Coordinator,
Rev Paul Silver.

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