419 scam: "Exactmax (Hongkong) Industry Holdings" <info@info.com> Dear Exactmax Winner!

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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:

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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Exactmax (Hongkong) Industry Holdings" <info@info.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:02:03 -0700
Subject: Dear Exactmax Winner!

Exactmax (Hongkong) Industry Holdings Limited
Room 401, No. 323 He Xiang Xi Road,
Siming District, Xiamen 361004, P. R. China
Telephone: 0086-0592-2230690
____________________________________________________
....COMPANY 2011 E-MAIL AWARDS...
Prizes won : 2010 Toyota Camry and $570,000USD cash
Your Micros ID is : DVT-57010-JHN-624TM-2XL

Dear winner,

We the Exactmax Group board of directors like to officially congratulate you for the draw that was just held by our company which featured you as the second place winner.Our company holds each year,based on the random selection exercise of internet service providers (ISP) and millions of Super market cash invoices worldwide,This promotion is just one of various ways we are presently using to achieve this global vision of ours. Your email address with MICROS ID ( DVT-57010-JHN-624TM-2XL ) was luckily drawn to be this year's second place winner of a Brand New 2010 Toyota Camry and a Cash prize of $570,000 United States Dollars.This money and gift we believe will enable you make some impact in the society and possibly invest in our company in the near future.

Contact company Agent Dr. Lee Yung with full details of you.
Email : Dr.Lee.Yung@webadictos.net

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