419 scam: "Glo Telecommunication Company" <9861237@jgps.tpc.edu.tw> Dear Profile OwnerMENT.BEKKENSTS YOUR PŒë¸"

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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 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.
- mr.peteradejunior@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mr.peteradejunior@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:35:03 +0800
Subject: Dear Profile Owner

ATTENTION:

LUCKY WINNER / CONGRATULATIONS!!!
GLO TELECOMMUNICATION WIN & RULE PROMO ONLINE 2010
NOTIFICATION DEPT. GLO/RYWP/07/11/23

Dear Profile Owner,

The management of the Glo Telecommunication Company is delighted to notify
you that you/your online profile have been selected as one of our five lucky
people in the Glo Telecommunication WIN & RULE PROMOTIONS 2010 of $350,000.00
USD ( THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY ).

This is part of our international promotions program which is conducted
yearly to promote international awareness for the Glo networks, with the
world as a global village.

Your profile id was selected randomly from a total list of 1,468,390 profile
id s from
around the world, from our affiliate email clients,websites, social networks.
Global com is currently one of the largest corporations in the
Telecommunication company, both in Africa and other continents and you have
been selected as a winner in this years inaugural promotions for $350,000.00
USD. Please note that this is not a lottery sweepstake or windfall and due to
the high rate of internet lottery scams on the internet today, the Management
of Global com wishes to dissociate itself from this activities and to assure
you of the legitimacy of this promotion, please note that this program is
open to any scrutiny on your part.

It is also in your interest to keep this notification highly confidential to
avoid double claims of your winnings and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Please contact your payment agent Mr. Ade Peter Junior with the following
information about yourself:

Your FullName
Telephone Number
Occupation,
Date Of Birth,
Security Code: G9S/TJD/GW/07,
Address:

Agent Name: Mr. Ade Peter Junior .
E-mail: mr.peteradejunior@yahoo.com.hk

You are advised to do so now to avoid late processing of your Payments/
winnings.

Congratulations Once More!Rule your world!
Your Sincerely,
Dr Mike Adenuga

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