419 scam: China Sports <csports@yahoo.cn> Congratulations !

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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!
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.
- chengdingxiang01@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: China Sports <csports@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 15:33:04 -0700
Subject: Congratulations !

CHINA SPORTS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
China Sports Lottery Operation and Management Co.,Ltd
Address: China Sports Building, 8/F, C-3 Long-Tan Road,
Chong Wen District Beijing PRC-100061, China.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We the China Sports International Lottery are pleased to inform you about the announcement made today at the China Sports Headquarters you have won a prize money of One Million, three hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain pounds (£1,350,000.00 GBP) in cash as one of the third category winners for the random International E-mail Draw which is Organized by the China Sports Lottery Technology Development Co., Ltd, through random selection from all the email addresses of the 600,000 regular China Sports supporting visitors to our Chinese website and a growing number of 16,000,000 supporters' and groups all over the world from people email that are still active online.

Please be informed that your winning information's includes attached to online random voucher ticket number 22-343-221-8756, with serial code number 01132-0454-17 the lucky numbers 3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 and winning insurance number: FLS423/ 4501L /KYSA, Reference Number: SPDC-081511 and consequently You have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum of GBP £1,350,000.00 GBP (One Million, three hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain pounds) which is the winning present /amount for each winner. This is from the total prize money of £17,000,000.00 GBP (Seventeen million Great Britain pounds) shared among the international winners in this category.

Kindly Contact your fiduciary agent in China [Dr. Cheng Dingxiang] and give them your full detail below so that they will re-insure your winning under your full name and direct you to the bank for payment as your winning numbers fall within the China Mainland Location file,

Contact Person: Dr. Cheng Dingxiang (Claim agent)
E-Mail: chengdingxiang01@gmail.com
E-Mail: chengdingxiang@hqsportslottery.com
Tel: 0086 15024017976

China sports lottery Settlement Center shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the release of your fund to you as soon as you fill the below form and send to your agent,.

1. Full Name:
2. Home Address :
3. Country of Origin:
4. Age:
5. Telephone Number/Mobile/fax:

Note: For security reasons we advice all winners to keep their information confidential from the public especially your batch ref and reference number until after you recieved your awarded fund.

Congratulations once again.

Mr. Zu Nan Yong
Online Co-ordinator
China Sports International. Lottery

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