419 scam: Twentieth Century-Fox <moazz@citechco.net> Congratulations !!! 20th Century Fox Promo

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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:
- "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)
- "million british 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
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.
- +447035960866 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +448709744065 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Twentieth Century-Fox <moazz@citechco.net>
Reply-To: Twentieth Century-Fox <20th.centuryfoxbureau@admin.in.th>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 05:21:17 +0700 (BDST)
Subject: Congratulations !!! 20th Century Fox Promo

20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century House
31-32 Soho Square
London
W1V 6AP

JOIN THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

The Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation was founded as the result of a merger of two entities, Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox, and Twentieth Century Pictures, founded by Darryl F. Zanuck.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded 2010 final draws of 20th Century Fox 100th Anniversary promo.

20th Century Fox 100th anniversary promo was conducted from an exclusive list of e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine from a database of over 2,500,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. Emails were provided by the entire register domain.

After this automated online ballot, your e-mail address attached to serial number 09-34-64 drew the lucky numbers 1-23-41-65-0-72, which consequently emerged you as one of first ten (10) lucky winners in the United Kingdom category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay off of Â£1,000,000.00(One Million Pounds) in cash credited to file CFX/210/RN100.

This is from a total cash prize of Â£20 Million British Pounds to be shared amongst the Twenty (20) lucky winners as part to mark The Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 100 yearâ€™s anniversary.

To claim your prize funds, you are required to send the necessary information to our helpline below: Name---- Country---- Address--- Occupation--- Lucky number--- serial number---

Helpline Service
Mr. Philips Anderson
Information and Payment Bureau:
London Representative Office.
Help Service Contact
Tel: +44-703-596-0866
Tel :+44-703-597-0143
Fax: +44-870-974-4065
E-mail: consultcenturyfox@admin.in.th
E-mail: consultcenturyfoxdepartment@live.co.uk

Congratulation on behalf of members and staff of this board and thanks for been part of our promotions program.

Mrs. Grace Sian
Promotions Manager
20th Century Fox
Anniversary
promo.

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