419 scam: Yahoo Awards Promotion <nt.79@Kaba863.onmicrosoft.com> Lucky Winner!!!

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- yahooward123@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Yahoo Awards Promotion <nt.79@Kaba863.onmicrosoft.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:15:52 +0000
Subject: Lucky Winner!!!

Yahoo Awards Promotion
>From The Desk of the Promotions Manager
International Promotions/Yahoo Award Center
124 Soweto Road, Longish,
Johannesburg South Africa

Lucky Winner!!!

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Ten Million United State Dollar ($10.000, 000, 00) for the month of December 2013 12th Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO 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 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 Center. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 15 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/07/BPB-83658

REFERENCE NUMBER: 3006234522

PIN: 1206

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 Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit with the below email address.

Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit

Tel/Fax+ 34- 870-478-3038

Email: (yahooward123@gmail.com)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, I remain.

Yours in service

Louis Mark

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