419 scam: "MR Rechard Moore" <rechardmoore@w.cn> 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:

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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million dollars" (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)
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.
- +447024023767 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- robertsnow46@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR Rechard Moore" <rechardmoore@w.cn>
Reply-To: robertsnow46@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:23:02 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

hello dear congratulation.

We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address computer
ballot lottery draw of the dutch National lotto bv international
program,which
took place on SEPTEMBER 2010.This is a computer generated lottery of Internet
users using email addresses for draws.

This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using
their e-mail addresses from different World wide web(www)sites.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number:275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-
05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which subsequently won you
the
lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of $500,000 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file
ref:ILP/HW
47509/02.

This is from the total cash prize of 5,000,000 Million Dollars,shared amongst
the first Ten (10)lucky winners in this category.All participant were
selected
randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred
thousand-
mail addresses from Canada, Australia, Belgium,Nederland, Arab, United
States,
Asia, Europe,Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of
Multinational
companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
communities where they have operational base.Further more your details(e-mail
address) falls within our European representative office in United Kingdom,as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $500,000 will be released to
you from our regional branch office in United Kingdom.We hope with part of
your
prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN
CONTACTING
YOUR AGENT:

Ref: 4758961725Batch:
ALLINC 70564943902/188Winning no:
FGNGB2701/LPRC

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact your claims agent Robert Snow. at
email:
(robertsnow46@gmail.com) Fill this form below and send it to him to file
for your claim.
Tel:+447024023767
begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +447024023767 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULL NAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
SEX..................................
AGE..................................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
NATIONALITY.........................................
ADDRESS...................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
FAX......................................................
EMAIL................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO........................
APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be found on
the
top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and
telephone number to help locate your file easily.For security reasons, we
advice all winners to keep this information confidential(VERY SECRET) from
the public until your claim is processed and your prize money
remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements,equally to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel
taking undue advantage of this program. Note that, all winnings MUST be
claimed
by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE 30 SEPTMBER 2010); otherwise all funds will
be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip
sweepstakes.You must adhere to this instruction strictly, to avoid any delay
with the release of your funds to your person as this program has been abused
in past,hence we are doing our best to forestall further occurrence of false
claims.

Note:You must claim your prize:not later than 20-days from the moment you
receive this e-mail.In order to avoid unnecessary delays with your claim from
the bank;

If you receive this mail as junk or spam,please do not disregard it was
due to
network failure

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,

Sincerely,

Robert Snow.
Online coordinator
for DUTCH NATIONAL LOTTERY

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