419 scam: "Philips Electronics Lottery"<philipselectronicsfoundationnl@shqiptar.eu> Winning Reference Numbers: NGM/LDN/446

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- ",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)
- "you are advice to " (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.
- infoclaimsagency@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- mr. jan peters tel/fax: 31-84-717-9957 email: infoclaimsagency@aim.com email: claimsagencybv@live.com email: jpetersnl@aol.com (Aim; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Philips Electronics Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <clragencybv@aim.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:55:19 +0200
Subject: Winning Reference Numbers: NGM/LDN/446

>From The Desk Of The Director
International Promotion/Prize Award Dept
Royal Philips Electronics Foundation.
Philips Electronics Headquarter
Postbus 116,3454 ZK De Meern,
The Netherlands.
URL: www.philips.nl

Dear Sir/Madam,

It is a pleasure to inform you through this medium that your email address won a prize of One Million United States Dollars (US$1.000.000.00) in the ROYAL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS FOUNDATION LOTTERY held on the 2nd of January, 2011 as part of our new year bonanza. Your email address attached to Ticket Number: GFT34HG, with Serial Number: 9453-55, drew the Lucky Numbers: 64/H/35, and consequently won the lotto in the "B" category. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000.000.00 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet. (NO TICKETS WERE SOLD).

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million United States Dollars (US$1,000,000.00) in cash credited to file Reference Number: NGM/LDN/446. This is from total prize money of US$2,000,000.00 shared among two international lucky winners in this category. All participants email addresses were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from 25,500,000.00 email addresses from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

Your funds have now been deposited and insured with our paying bank to be released to you either by means of wire transfers or any other means suitable to you. We also advice that you keep your winning information confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants.

To begin your claims, you are urgently requested to contact our appointed claims agent on the details below for the processing of your winning prize.

****************************************************
Company Name: Claims Representatives Agency
Contact Person: Mr. Jan Peters
Tel/Fax: 31-84-717-9957
Email: infoclaimsagency@aim.com
Email: claimsagencybv@live.com
Email: jpetersnl@aol.com
(Fiduciary Claims Agent)
****************************************************

You are advice to provide the claims agency with your detail below,

(1) Full Names:
(2) Address:
(3) Telephone Numbers:
(4) Fax Numbers:
(5) Date of Birth:
(6) Occupation:
(7) Marital Status :
(8) Amount Won:
(9) Country of Origin:

Remember, all winnings must be claim within three weeks, After this date all unclaimed funds will be return to the promotion company. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to always quote your reference and batch numbers in all your correspondence with your claims agency. Furthermore, should there be any change of address or information’s about you, do inform our paying agent and the legal representative as soon as possible to avoid disqualification of winning.

NOTE: If you are under the age of 18, you are automatically disqualified. Congratulations once again from all the members of our staff and thank you for being part of our promotion program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Maria Mendez
(Lottery Coordinator)

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