419 scam: "Mr.Lee Chin Wilson" <info@Exactmax.com> 2009 AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

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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 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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- +447011130238 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Lee Chin Wilson" <info@Exactmax.com>
Reply-To: lee-chinwilson@qatar.io
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:27:07 +0800
Subject: 2009 AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

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Exactmax (Hongkong) Industry Holdings Limited
Room 401, No. 323 He Xiang Xi Road,
Siming District, Xiamen 361004, P. R. China
Telephone: 0086-0592-2230690
Fax: 0086-0592-2230691
Date :November 4th, 2009
____________________________________________________
...COMPANY 2009 E-MAIL AWARDS...
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 hold seach New 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-75010-JHN-624TM-2XL ) was luckily drawn to be this
year's second place winner of a Brand New Toyota camry and a cash prize of
750,000.00 GBP (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds
GBP).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.Prizes won :
Toyota camry and 750,000.00 GBP cash Your Micros ID is : DVT-75010-JHN-624TM-
2XL

Contact company Agent Mr.Lee Chin Wilson also responsible for your claims who
is our claims official in Europe.United Kingdom and can understand your
english and some european languages. Your Qualification number is: (DVT-00110-
WIN-108YR-8XJ)

REMITTANCE CONTACT
Name : Mr.Lee Chin Wilson
Email : lee-chinwilson@qatar.io
Address : 24 wilford park, London. United Kingdom
Tel : +44701113 0238

When contacting the claims agent you should include the following if you must
get a response from him;
_________________________________________________
*** Your Full Name
*** Your Address
*** Your Phone number
*** Your Age(Date of birth)
*** Your Gender(Male or Female)
*** Your Country
*** Your present Occupation
*** Your Micros ID
_________________________________________________
We await your response.We know you must be excited,skeptic and very happy
about this news you have just received from us and the truth is that we are
doing this to put smiles into homes and hearts of people worldwide.The only
thing you will need to pay to this company is to kindly place our company
logo on the Toyota camry car that you have just won for a minimum of
5months.Special greetings from the entire family of Exactmax Industry
Holdings Limited Worldwide.

Signed,
Mrs, Hing Feng (Sec.announcer)
_______________________________________________________
Note: All funds should be claimed by their respective beneficiaries,not
later that 7 days after notification.And should send contact Mr.Lee Chin
wilson with their properly filled form with this e-mail address; lee-
chinwilson@qatar.io

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