419 scam: "Promo Office"<brigita@medri.hr> Important Message.

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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:
- "theolympic2012prizeunit@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known 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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +4407024043014

Fraud email example:

From: "Promo Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <morganharrison431@ymail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:27:40 -0700
Subject: Important Message.

Important Message (Olympic 2012 Prize Winner).

You have won: £4,392,003.00

Congratulations!!! On behalf of the management and team of the London 2012 Olympic Games Committee, you have won the National Lottery Olympic prize money of £4,392,003.00 pounds. This email address was randomly selected from the World Wide Web making you the bona-fide winner of the National promo price attached to draw 1682 and the lucky numbers: 16 18 20 25 29 34 Bonus 15. Your prize money documents and proof of source of earnings document/check of the said amount would be delivered instantly to our affiliate payment Centre/bank for urgent payment to you. For immediate release, you are to contact our affiliate payment bank to instantly have your payment across to you by any option best convenient to you either by transfer or courier.

Please kindly complete the below form to confirm your personal details and contact information while making contact with the bank. Contact our affiliate bank clams department personnel via their contact coordinate as follows below;
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Your full names:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:
Country:
Mobile Number:
Direct Phone Number:

I _______________ HEREBY DECLARE THAT, ALL ABOVE INFORMATION PRODUCED BY ME ARE TRUE.

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Affiliate Bank Contact Info: THE STANDARD ACCESS BANK Plc

Direct EMAIL: theolympic2012prizeunit@w.cn

Tel: +44 (0)702 404 3014

Personnel Manager: Alan White
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Note: When making contact to quote your winning numbers with the below pin to Your key contact personnel on your claim. Always keep your pin and claims data and numbers confidential at all time to avoid double claims which can lead to disqualification.

PIN: XX12XX

Once again i say congratulations on your success.
Yours Sincerely,

Mary King. esq
Online co-ordinator.

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