419 scam: YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY 2011 <ravi_06shankar@yahoo.co.in> YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $1,000.000 USD (One Million USD) YAHOO/MSN NEW YEA

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
- "yahoo/msn lottery" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447010050012 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- dr.rahulkumarclaimagent2011@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY 2011 <ravi_06shankar@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: dr.rahulkumarclaimagent2011@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 09:17:44 +0530 (IST)
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $1,000.000 USD (One Million USD) YAHOO/MSN NEW YEARS LOTTERY 2011 PROMOTIONS!!.

YAHOO/MSN NEW YEAR 2011 LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION!
                                                   Inc operation bailey house,har road Sutton,
                                                greater London sm14te united kingdom.
                                                  Date Winning/ FEBRUARY 06 /0 2 / 2011/
                                                 Amount Payout to Winners:($1,000.000 USD) (One Million United State Dollars)


YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $1,000.000 USD (One Million USD) YAHOO/MSN NEW YEARS LOTTERY 2011 PROMOTION !!!.

Dear Lucky Winner.


This is to inform you that your E-mail Address have won a prize money of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($1,000.000 USD) credited to file KY/W0254674679BQ, for the month of FEBRUARY 6th 2011 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO /MSN NEW YEAR 2011 ONLINE LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online through yahoo messenger chating rooms, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and Gmail, we only select Five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the Lucky Winner selected this month.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Yahoo/MSN Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and Cancel.

These are your identification Winning numbers:

Batch number.....................YM 1109102XN
Reff number.......................Y M354437XN
Winning number.......YM 11 13 88 54 04 98

These numbers fall within the U.K agent's Location file, you are requested to contact our Claims Department using the contact information below for more information on how you can claim your prize money, send your winning identification numbers to them through E-mail Below .

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All Asian Country's Winners will Received their winning prize through our Special Diplomatic Delivery Company, Our special Diplomatic agent will personally come to your Country and Deliver your winning money to you at your Home Address and handle over all your winning documents to you for your good Security.

NOTE: That Yahoo/MSN Lottery Company Guide All Winners to be sure that all Winners Received Their Award Winning Prize. We provide a Respectful Man to be your Trusted processing claimed agent 2011, We advise you to contact the respectful Claim Agent immediately. DR.RAHUL KUMAR. That is the Name of your Trusted and Respectful Processing Claim Agent ( Yahoo/Msn NEW Year Lottery Award Promotion 2011.

CLAIMS DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFO;

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR TRUSTED AND RESPECTFUL CLAIM AGENT WITH THIS E-MAIL BELOW:

CONTACT PERSON:........DR.RAHUL KUMAR.

E-mail:   dr.rahulkumarclaimagent2011@gmail.com

Contact Number:+447010050012
                             +447010050008

WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM FOR PAYMENT !!

PLEASE FILL BELOW PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM FOR PAYMENT AND SEND IT TO THE CLAIM AGENT THROUGH E-MAIL BEFORE THE DATE OF PRIZE CLAIMED WILL BE OVER.

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the claims department to facilitate their verification on your winning.

(1). FULL NAME .......................................................................
(2). FULL ADDRESS .................................................................
(3). NATIONALITY....................................................................
(4). AGE....................................................................................
(5). OCCUPATION....................................................................
(6). YOUR WORKING PLACE ADDRESS...../ POSITION............
(7). TELEPHONE NUMBER / MOBILE.......................................
(8). DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION...................................
(9). SEX....................................................................................
(10).TOTAL AMOUNT WON.......................................................
(11). MARITAL STATUS ............................................................
(12). YOUR WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS....................................
(13)..YOUR PRESENT ADDRESS...............................................
(14). NAME OF YOUR STATE....................................................
*(15)**. Have you ever won an Online Lottery.........................?

(15). SCAN COPY OF YOUR ID OR YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR PROOF.

Scan a copy of your ID or International passport Copy and send together with this payment form to the claim agent through email address, Your ID COPY OR your International COPY is your Personal PROOF and The PAYMENT FORM, this will enable Him to processing your winning prize easy.

Mode of Prize Payment.( Payment By DIPLOMATIC DELIVERY)**Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you**

Attachment to this E-mail is a scan copy of your Winning Certificate.

Our promotions is a legal event authorized by the IEEE world-wide and we pay via Cheques, cash and other monetary ways. With YAHOO ! MSN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION, you stand a chance of winning. Our promotions is real and the dream of impacting the general public with sense of better life is our aim. We will make you a winner of an amount you never thought of owning,From the tune of $1 Million U.S.D to $5.5 million U.S.Dollars.

PAYMENT INFO.

Once you have been notified of your participation and winning, and your profile details and lucky draw numbers have been received, we will pay in , DIPLOMATIC DELIVERY BY CONSIGNMENT SECURITY BOX,equivalent to the amount Won by Your E-mail. Congratulations winner. Thanks for being part of our promo and thanks for using our internet browsers.

Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,

David Williams (PhD) Event Cordinator.
YAHOO ! MSN NEW YEAR 2011 AWARD LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS .s

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