419 scam: "Jessica Ryland"<rylandje001@yahoo.com> FROM JESSICA

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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.
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.
- +447012913483 (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.
- arranagency@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jessica Ryland" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rylandjessica@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 09:36:30 -0700
Subject: FROM JESSICA

YAHOO AWARD & MSN WINDOW LIVE PROMOTION CENTER
801-207 QUEENS QUAY W, TORONTO, ON M5J 1A7 CANADA
TEL/FAX: (250) 828-5631

Congratulations! Yahoo and MSN Windows Live Promotion Team Canada is proud to inform you that your email address have won Six Hundred and Sixty Six Thousand United States Dollars (US$666,000.00) from Yahoo and MSN Windows Live.
HOW DID YOU WIN

Yahoo and MSN Windows Live collected 196 million email addresses from all over the world (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Pacific, Central America and the Caribbean) to run the raffle draw. Your email address emerged and selected which makes you a qualified winner #2. Six people were selected this month to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the selected winner.

WHY YOU HAVE WON

Your email address is one of the sixth lucky winning email addresses that have won in the Global Email Awards.

DETAILS OF THE WINNINGS

Winning Number: 4-7-10-15-32-41
File No.: UK1/YMWL12
Reference No.: YMWL071622
Security Code: SEC45768812
Pin No.: 61760000000

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 93 days from date of draw notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

To file a claim for your winning prize, contact our accredited agent in London where your file number falls immediately you read this message via telephone, fax or email address below. Our accredited agent will render to you the complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the transfer of your winning prize to you.

Agent Name: Mr. John Arran
Company Name: Arran Agency Group
Address: 20, Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5BL
Tel: + 44 701 291 3483
Fax: + 44 872 331 5421
Email: arranagency@yahoo.com

You are advised to send the following information's to your agent to facilitate the release of your winning prize to you.

Full Name:
Address:
Country:
Telephone Number:
Fax Number:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Date of Birth:
Sex:
Prize Amount Claimed (US$):

Congratulations once again.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Jessica Ryland
Disbursement Officer

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WARNING!!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo or MSN. 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 you, kindly delete to it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person.
Yahoo and MSN shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.

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