419 scam: james coutts <couttsjm@yahoo.co.uk> WE APOLOGISE FOR OUR LATE RESPONSE

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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 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.
- couttsjm@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: james coutts <couttsjm@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 16:21:52 +0100 (BST)
Subject: WE APOLOGISE FOR OUR LATE RESPONSE

ATTENTION: VICTIMNAME VICTIMNAME,
THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT OF THE NEW JAVA SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY ORGANIZATION HERE BY CONGRATULATES YOU FOR THE SUCCESS SO FAR. AS WE APOLOGISE FOR OUR LATE RESPONSE WHICH WAS DUE TO SOME CIRCONSTANCES RELATED TO NUMEROUS PAYMENTS BEYOUND OUR CONTROL, ONCE AGAIN ACCEPT OUR APOLOGISE.

WE WISH TO ADVICE THAT UPON RECIEPT OF THIS MAIL,YOUR PAYMENT ADVICE HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO OUR PAYMENT CENTER WHICH WILL BE CONTACTING YOU,VIA E_MAIL OR TELEPHONE, AS SOON AS THEY EXTERBLISH CONTACT WITH YOU,YOU WILL BE INSTRUCTED ON THE MOST CONVINIENT WAY TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT.US$2,500.000.00

ONCE AGAIN WE RECONFIRM YOUR WINNING NUMBERS: Ref:
HWS/204818308/05.,Bacth:1182/205/JCTTS.
WE CONGRATULATE YOU IN ADVANCE, DO KEEP US POSTED AS EVENTS PROPCEED.

YOURS TRULY,
Mr. James Coutts
James Coutts & Associates
Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields
Raine House, Rainde Street
London E1W 3RJ
United Kingdom
Tel :44-7024080765
Fax :44-7031942696
Email :couttsjm@yahoo.co.uk

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