419 scam: From Jerry Blake <jerry---zra5zga4va@att.net> Award Winning Notification Final

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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 united states 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)
- "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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- +447045700390 (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.
- mr.philipscrown@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: From Jerry Blake <jerry---zra5zga4va@att.net>
Reply-To: philipscrown2010@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 22:06:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Award Winning Notification Final

>From Desk of the Promotions Manager,

International Promotions/Prize Award Department,

Heinrich Foundation Intâ€™l Lottery promotion (H.F.I.L.P)

Re: Award Winning Notification Final.

We are pleased to inform you that your name is enlisted amongst the Twenty-One (21) Lucky Winners in todayâ€™s release of the Heinrich Foundation Intâ€™l Lottery Promotional Program held on the 4th of Febuary 2011. In accordance with the Heinrich Foundation Intâ€™l Promotional Award procedure, your name was attached to Ticket No. 992-750, with Batch/Serial No. 211-09, which drew the Lucky No. 19-30-32, that won the Lottery in the Third (3RD) Category. You have therefore been approved to receive payment of $1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars only).

Your Approved Payment File Reference Numbers are: - LP/26510037/11. That

amount is from a total prize release of $21M (Twenty One Million United States Dollars only) shared among the approved Twenty-One (21) Lucky Winners approved in different categories. Due to mix-up of some winning numbers, we request that you should keep this Award Winning Notification, A TOP SECRET (confidential) from the public until your total Won Prize is processed and released to you as that is part of our security measures put in place to checkmate all forms of malpractices and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by criminals or non-beneficiaries.

NOTE also that all approved beneficiaryâ€™s of this Promotional Program were selected randomly through a Computer Ballot System drawn from 25,000 existing names from all over Europe, United States of America, Australia, Asia, Middle-East, South and North America. This is in accordance with procedures outlined by Heinrich Foundation Intâ€™l (UK). You should therefore count yourself very lucky as your name has just emerged a Lucky Winner in this 2011 edition of this program. Congratulations!

For your further information, Heinrich Foundation Intâ€™l Lottery Promotional Program is proudly sponsored by the Heinrich Foundation Intâ€™l (UK), in conjunction with the Intel Group, Toshiba, Microsoft, Dell-Computers, Mackintosh and conglomeration of other International "IT" Companies worldwide. The Heinrich Foundation Intâ€™l Lottery Promotion

Internet draw is conducted annually by the promotional management of Heinrich Foundation Intâ€™l (UK), and it is organized to encourage Internet communications and the use of computer services worldwide. We are also happy to announce that since the inception of this program, over $150M (One Hundred and Fifty Million United States Dollars) has been distributed annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

TO REDEEM YOUR PRIZE, please contact the Issuing Authority, through your assigned Award Claims Agent in London-United Kingdom, the attention of Mr. Philips Crown via his direct contact email address (mr.philipscrown@gmail.com) or telephone number +44 7045700390, for instant processing and disbursement of your allocated Won Prize. REMEMBER, all allocated "Won prizes" must be claimed not later than 30th March 2011 . After this date, all unclaimed Won Prizes would be returned to the organizers of this program as unclaimed Prizes. To avoid complications or unnecessary delays, you are advised to reconfirm your Payment File Reference No: - (LP/26510037/11.) and Batch Serial No: - (211-09) to your claims agent.

Do not also forget to ask for your Award Winning Certificate. Congratulations Once Again!

Thanks,

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Jerry J. Blake

The Promo Manager, Heinrich Foundation Intâ€™l (UK ).

London, United Kingdom

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