419 scam: "USA-Powerball Online Lottery"<pball@us.org> Are you the Owner of this E-mail Address?

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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:
- ",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)
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.
- payoutmanagerus@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- winners directorate office payout manager, e-mail: payoutmanagerus@yahoo.com tel: +1 910-805-6712 once again congratulations! (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "USA-Powerball Online Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lotterycompany0@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 08:31:22 -0700
Subject: Are you the Owner of this E-mail Address?

Are you the owner of this e-mail address? if yes, then congratulations!

We are Pleased to inform you that your email address was selected among the winning numbers of the recently Lotto conducted from the United States Lottery Company and we shall be glad if you claim your prize,

please respond to this mail within 72 hours otherwise we will assume that you are not interested.The lotto was conducted using Lotto as part of our tax relief program set up by the United States Of America International Lottery Board and Power-Ball, on this note we congratulate you and wish you best of luck as you claim the prize attached to this Lotto.

Consequently, you are entitled to a lump sum payout of $15, 000. 000 USD, being the prize money for winners in the International Lottery.

For further details and to collect your US$15,000,000. prize money, kindly send your Name and Telephone Number by email with the above Ref No. to our Power-Ball Payout Manager:

These are your identification numbers.

Ticket number.....085-12876077-09
Serial number.....51390-0
Lucky number....2-7-17-49-53-32-23
Ref number....N.EGS/3662367114/13

(1) Your Full Name
(2) Contact Telephone
(3) Contact Address
(4) Your Ticket and Prize Numbers
(5) Quote Amount won
(6) Notification date
(7) OCCUPATION:
(8) Post-Code:
(9) Marital Status:
(10) Sex:

Mrs. Nora Morgan
Winners Directorate Office
Payout Manager,
E-mail: payoutmanagerus@yahoo.com
Tel: +1 910-805-6712

Once again Congratulations!

Sincerely,

Best Regards,

Mr. Moore Green
From: USA-Powerball Online Lottery
Email: lotterycompany0@yahoo.co.jp
http://www.lottobroker.com/en/play/usa-powerball/

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