419 scam: "Yahoo Lottery Award" <amandaford6461@yahoo.co.uk> CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON THE SUM OF $800,000.00 USD(CONTACT steveamstill

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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 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.
- steveamstill092@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Yahoo Lottery Award" <amandaford6461@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: steveamstil50@live.com
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:10:12 +0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON THE SUM OF $800,000.00 USD(CONTACT steveamstill24@live.com )

Yahoo Awards Center
From The Desk Of The Promotions Manager
International Promotions/Yahoo Award Center
124 Stockport Road, Long sight,
Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
Date:30/03/2013

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (USD
800,000.00) Eight hundred thousand United States Dollars for the Prize
promotion draw which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & MICROSOFT WINDOWS LIVE.
The email selection balloting machine 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. Eight people are selected
monthly 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 Centre. Yahoo
Prize Award must be claimed no later than 25 days from date of Draw
Notification.

Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are
your identification numbers:

IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:

Batch number....................YBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number.......................YBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number...............YBM-EBS-798AF
PIN: 1291
These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary agent in London and send your winning identification
numbers to him; Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting you're
required Particulars.

YAHOO ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM

FULL NAMES:

ADDRESS:

CITY:

STATE:

ZIP:
PHONE:

FAX:

COUNTRY:

SEX:

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

OCCUPATION:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:

You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas /
United Kingdom Claim Agent with the below email address.

Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit
Contact Person: Name: Rev. Fr.Steve Amstill
Tel/Fax: 703-597-8853
Email: steveamstill90@live.com or steveamstill092@gmail.com

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, I remain
Yours in service,

Dr. (Mrs.) Amanda Ford.
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WARNING!
Be careful not to disclose your Prize Award details to any body until your
money is successful handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may
arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people
portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect
your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event
that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent
to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further
correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo shall not be held responsible
for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.

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