419 scam: "Ireland Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Lotto" <info@mail.com> The Ireland Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Lotto

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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.
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.
- pcsoeuro@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ireland Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Lotto" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: pcsoeuro2@foxmail.com
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:47:30 +0100
Subject: The Ireland Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Lotto

PCSO LOTTO
ADDRESS: 3RD FLOOR, 11 HANOVER STREET, HANOVER SQUARE.
DUBLIN IRELAND.

Winning No: 25-07-36-12-43-33
Ref NO: IR/90020X2/14

IRELAND PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES LOTTO, 2014 PROMOTION.

The Ireland Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Lotto in collaboration with the Europe Government and the World Gaming Board are the sponsors of this Online E-mail lottery for compensation and grant for both past lottery winners and the entire world public for purpose of infrastructural development as an Online compensation for all Internet users.

We happily announce to you the Promotional Award Draw held on Sunday 16th of February 2014, here in Ireland. Your e-mail address attached to Reference Number: Pcso/14/1175 which drew the Winning No: 25-07-36-12-43-33 as the only Jackpot Winner on this category. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 250,000 companies and personal e-mails. So your e-mail was your On-line automatic ticket as NO TICKETS were sold and that qualified you for this draw. This is to inform you that, you have won the total prize money sum of Two Million Eight Hundred And Thirty Five Thousand Two Hundred And Twenty One Euro from PCSOâ€™s Sweepstakes.

In view of this notification, your Two Million Eight Hundred And Thirty Five Thousand Two Hundred And Twenty One Euro would be released to you by following the directives of the Pcso Lotto Coordinator. You are therefore required to contact the Pcso Lotto Coordinator claims department with the details below quoting your Winning Draw Number: 25-07-36-12-43-33 for validation

Contact Person: Mrs. Sharon Lee.
Pcso Lotto Coordinator.
EMAIL: pcsoeuro@gmail.com

KINDLY FILL THE PAYMENT PROCESSING DETAILS BELOW:
FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
SEX:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
TEL/FAX:
COUNTRY:

Once more congratulations on your E-mail success.

Yours Faithfully,
Ms Cleona Albert.
Processing Director
Customer Service/Claims Department.

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