419 scam: lotto board <williamsalberton1@hotmail.com> YOU HAVE WON US$2,950.000.00 ON E-MAIL.

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- williamsalberton54y@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lotto board <williamsalberton1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 06:15:20 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON US$2,950.000.00 ON E-MAIL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

REPLY TO : williamsalberton54y@gmail.com

This is to inform you that you have
won a prize money of US$2,950.000.00 (TWO
MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) for
2014 Prize promotion which is organized in CANADA by YAHOO, GMAIL,
AOL, WINDOWS LIVE and other internet subscribers.

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 to benefit from this promotion
and you are one of the Selected Winners.

FOR PRIZE CLAIMING

MR. WILLIAMS ALBERTON

TEL: 0027 738482321.

EMAIL:
williamsalberton54y@gmail.com

Winners shall be paid in accordance with
his/her Settlement Center. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later
than 20 days, from the date of received. Any prize not claimed within
this period will be forfeited.

Your Winning numbers

NO:
01, 10, 24, 28, 39, 45 Bonus 43.

Ticket no: (7Y206)

Ballot no: (BT/A)

Winning numbers for Wednesday 25th June
2014 Draw

Visit:
http://www.lotterycanada.com/lotto-649/2014-06-25

Confirm under Lotto 6/49. Send the below
details about you.

NAMES............................……………….

CONTACT ADDRESS...................……

NATIONALITY...............………………..

SEX.... ......................…………………..

AGE.......................………………………..

PHONE / MOBILE NO: .............................

FAX……………………….....................

OCCUPATION.................................

COMPANY...............................……

Your email Attached to Ticket No. (7Y206)
and Ballot No: (BT/A)

Congratulations!! Once again.

Yours in
service,

CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT

NAME:
MR WILLIAMS ALBERTON

TEL:0027 738482321.

E-Mail: williamsalberton54y@gmail.com

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