419 scam: "Greg Sung" <gsung7000@rediffmail.com> 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:

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
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.
- gsung5000@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Greg Sung" <gsung7000@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: <gsung5000@rediffmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:20:27 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION.

Greg Sung (online coordinator)
Mega Million Lottery Promotions.
Headquarters: 31, Brixton Court, Carlton
East Gate Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION: LUCKY WINNER
Be informed that you have emerged a winner of our 2010 FIFA soccer world cup edition of our Lottery International Program, which took place in the U.K that was drawn three days from the day of this notice.
Attached to ticket number 7,23,5,45,8 BONUS NO: 59, with serial Number 2113-05 matched the winning numbers 7,23,5,45,8 BONUS NO: 59, and consequently won the Stakes in the 3rd category. Approved is a lump sum of One Million Pounds (GBP £1, 000,000) in cash prize accredited to file REF NO. JSL/2554259003/07 that should be released to you. This is from the total prize money of (GBP £15, 000,000) shared among the fifteen International winners in this category.
Participants were selected through a referral program and winners were picked by a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000,000 Emails from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe, Africa and North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted in four years intervals. This particular edition was conducted to promote the 2010 FIFA soccer world cup, which will take place in South Africa.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money released to you.
I will give you the name , email address and phone number of our claim agent as soon as I hear from you so that you can contact the agent for the release of your money.
THANKS,
GREG SUNG.
Email :gsung5000@rediffmail.com

NB: Prizes must be claimed not later than 14 working days after this notification was sent to you. After these stipulated days, all funds will be returned as unclaimed prizes and will be channeled to charity. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your winning reference batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with the claims officer. Anybody under the age of 18 cannot participate in this promotions and any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.
Congratulations and thank you for being part of our 2010 FIFA soccer International promotions program .

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