419 scam: ukyahoo maillottry <ukyahoomaillottry030@gmail.com> Congratulations!! Once Again.

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",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)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: ukyahoo maillottry <ukyahoomaillottry030@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 05:24:26 +0200
Subject: Congratulations!! Once Again.

UK YAHOO MAIL LOTTERY
124 Stockport Road, Long sight, Manchester M60 2 DB-United
Kingdom

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million
British Pounds (£1,000,000.00) for 2013 Prize promotion which is organized
by YAHOO, AOL & WINDOWS LIVE, MSN this 2013.
YAHOO and MICRO SOFT 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. Six people are selected every two
years 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 Center. Yahoo
Prize Award must be claimed no later than 28th days, from date of Draw
Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER:
MFI/08/APA-43658, REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522 PIN: 4407
WINNING NUMBER: 01 14 21 30 35 48.
These numbers fall within the Johannesburg Location file, you are requested
to contact our fiduciary agent in Johannesburg South Africa and send your
winning identification numbers to him: PLEASE CONTACT MR MCCOLLINS LEE
on This E-Mail: leemccollins@yahoo.co.za

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to
facilitate the release of your fund to you.
1. Full name
2. Contact Address.
3. Telephone Number.
4. Fax Number.
5. Occupation.
6. Batch Number,
7. Reference Number,
8. Pin Number....
9. Winning Number.

Congratulations!! Once Again.
Yours in service,

Dr. (Mrs.) Mercy Hartemink

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