It says Scotland Yard ? - it's a scam

The 419 scammers we deal with have a slightly lop-sided view of the real world and often incorporate the FBI and Scotland Yard in their recovery scam mails, such as the one below. As soon as they use the term Scotland Yard to refer to the UK police, that's good enough to uncover it as a fraud. No one in the UK refers to the police, or any department of theirs as Scotland Yard. It is part of their address but only in Sherlock Holmes novels or black and white TV series was this term used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard

In much popular fiction and cinema, the term New Scotland Yard is used incorrectly instead of Metropolitan Police to describe the police force in London. Occasionally, the term is even used (again incorrectly) to refer to all police in the United Kingdom.

Example

FBI;Mr. Kelvin De-Monreal @ Msword Verified Winnings
Special Counsel for Fraud Prevention
Fraud Section of the Criminal Division
E-mail: [email protected]

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington DC, in conjunction with the Scotland Yard, Has screened through our various Monitoring Networks and have confirmed the transaction you have with the Microsoft® 2009 Email Lottery is Legal and you have the Lawful Right to claim your due Prize of £5.5, million Pounds. We advise you to go ahead with them as we are monitoring all their services and networks

Please, be advised and be aware that your funds will have to be insured and secured and the necessary charges for the delivery by the Hi-Speed Freight Services Ltd would be taken care of by you, So do contact Mr. Godfrey C. Hammer in the courier office, as we have confirmed the legitimacy by our Monitoring Network System. For your own good you are advised to confirm any lottery promo you have either involved your self with in the past to enable us trace this scammers. Only this Promotion has been confirmed Legal, all others are still under investigation, and so many others are scam, most especially from the UK and Europe. You are advised to work with your Claims Officer and the courier firm for the delivery. Kindly find below the real and legitimate contact details of the courier firm handling the delivery of your winning parcel:

Aktion Express Carriers
-REGISTERED OFFICE: Trulwell, Box Nr Stroud, Registered in England and Wales Company No: 5258868
Address: The Old Convent, Beeches Green, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4AD
-EXPRESS OFFICE-Cargo Area, Jersey, JE3 7BY, Heathrow Airport, London UK.
-Managing Director: Mr. Karen Philippidis
-Email: [email protected]

For now only this lottery Promotion has been confirmed Legal any other are still under investigation, and so many others are scam, most especially from the UK and Europe. Please, quote this ref when ever you must write us for fast and quick response: MSW564UK.

Thanks for your anticipated response and co-operation in this issue.

Mr. Kelvin De-Monreal @
Special Counsel for Fraud Prevention
Fraud Section of the Criminal Division
E-mail: [email protected]