419 scam: "Mr.Jun Huan" <jun@kuvempu.ac.in> EMAIL NEWS

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Jun Huan" <jun@kuvempu.ac.in>
Reply-To: junhuann@pkuit.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:17:18 +0530 (IST)
Subject: EMAIL NEWS

EMAIL NEWS

Euro MillionS
Tolpits Lane
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 9RN

EURO MILLIONES AWARD LOTTERY

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro Millions Lottery Fund
International Programs held on the 21st of January 2012 in london-uk .
Your email address attached to ticket number: 1456 with serial Number:
5555/05 drew the lucky number 2-19-33-37-46 )+ Star(5-8 which subsequently
won you the lottery in the first category. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of $1,200,000.00 (One Million Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file wlp/23456/11.
This is from a total cash prize of US$30,000, 000.00 Million , shared
amongst the first twenty (30) lucky winners in this category.

In view of this, your US$ 1,200,000.00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) would be released to you by our Redemption Centres
in Europe. Our agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from World wide Website through
computer ballot system extracted from over 1,000,000.00 companies and
individuals. This promotion takes place annually for security reasons you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned.

To file your claims, please contact our agent:
Dr.Luis Euginio (Authorize Agent)
Email: emillions@dhimail.com
Phone:+44-742-523-9794

Note: that all winning must be claimed not later than 12 days of receiving
this notification. After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included
in the next promo, and to avoid unnecessary delay and complications,
please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us
or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program!!!
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Helena Perez,
Public Relations Officer.

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