419 scam: Export by Phenol <exportphenol.co.th@outlook.com> RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION

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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:
- "bnymellonn@live.com" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: Export by Phenol <exportphenol.co.th@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:19:37 +0000
Subject: RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION

The Mega Millions Lottery

California Lottery District Offices

San Francisco

820 Dubuque Avenue

South San Francisco, CA 94080

http://www.megamillions.com/ numbers/

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, winners of Mega
Millions held on 24/05/2014 as part of our first quarter of the year
bonanza. Your name/email address is attached to ticket number
034-1416-4612-750, with serial number 6521-11 drew the lucky numbers 22 45 46
47 65 10, and consequently won the lottery in category C.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1.2Million
in cash credited to file REF: EKS255125600304. This is from total prize money
of US$29.9Millions shared among 14 winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer email balloting system drawn from 25,000 names
from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as
part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted Monthly

CONGRATULATIONS!

To file for your claim, please contact our paying bank on the
information stated below.

Bank of New York Mellon

Headquarters Address.

One Wall Street New York, NY 10286

Contact person: Mr. Steve Hayes-Allen

Email: bnymellonn@live.com

Regional Head of operations

The Bank of New York Mellon

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 15th of July 2014
.After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please
note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to
quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon
as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff And thank you
for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 16 is
automatically Disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,

Alice Jen

For Management

The Mega Millions Lottery

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