419 scam: "YAHOO AWARD & MSN WINDOW LIVE" <reclamacioniberia@gmail.com> contact your agent now for payment

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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!
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.
- +34634326262 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- iberiaseguros@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "YAHOO AWARD & MSN WINDOW LIVE" <reclamacioniberia@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <iberiaseguros@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:44:06 +0200
Subject: contact your agent now for payment

YAHOO AWARD & MSN WINDOW LIVE
PROMOTION CENTRE
LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADO,
CAPITAN HAYA 53 28020 MADRID SPAIN.
This is to inform you that you have won prize money of One
Million Euros Only, (1,000,000.00 Euros) for the month of
July 2011 Prize Promotion which was organized by YAHOO
AWARDS & MSN 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. Five
people are selected this month 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
Centre. Yahoo & MSN WINDOWS LIVE Prize Award must be
claimed no later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification.
Any Prize not claimed within this period will
be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: ESP/UNICEF/43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: CV2011EU380
PIN: 1206
WINNING NUMBER:212
05/07/2011

These numbers fall within the Europe Location file, you are
requested to contact our agent in Spain and send your
winning identification numbers to him,by fax or by mail.

Agent Name: DON. LUIS FERNANDEZ .
Address: AVD DE ESPANA 75, 28008 MADRID SPAIN.
PLEASE CONTACT HIM THROUGH THESE EMAILS,
E-Mail iberiaseguros@yahoo.es
Tel: +34 634 326 262
fax +34 911 802 181
You are advised to send the following
information's to your agent to facilitate
the release of your winning fund.your agent will send a payment
processing form to you as soon as you contact him.
1. Full Names.........................................................

2.Country.............................................................

3. Contact Address....................................................

4.Telephone Number........................Fax Number..................

5.Marital Status.................................

6.Occupation..........................................................

7.Date of birth..................... Sex ...............................

8. Your banking information where the fund will be
transferred into, either in your country or out side.
9. I.e. the account number, bank name, swift code of the
bank, address of the bank and the account name.
WARNING!!
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying
to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to
collect your personal information from you and lay claim
over your winning.In event that you receive any e-mail
similar to the notification letter that was sent to you,
kindly send it to your agent mail box and give no further
correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo shall not be
held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above
mentioned.Yours in service.

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