419 scam: "SAMSUNG GLOBAL NETWORK LOTTERY PROMOTION"<eleanchoi@samsung.com> SAMSUNG GLOBAL NETWORK LOTTERY PROMOTION

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",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!

Fraud email example:

From: "SAMSUNG GLOBAL NETWORK LOTTERY PROMOTION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eleanchoi@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:59:17 +0800
Subject: SAMSUNG GLOBAL NETWORK LOTTERY PROMOTION

SAMSUNG GLOBAL NETWORK LOTTERY PROMOTION
Samsung Electronics China Headquarters
23/F China Merchants Tower No.2,
Dong Huan Nan Lu, Chao Yang District,
Beijing, China 100022

Dear Winner,

Reference Number #: CN/5420Z6/2014.
This e-mail notification is to inform you that your E-mail Address has won you a cash prize of (US$1,000, 000, 00 Dollars)
One Million United States Dollars only From our online lottery.

Samsung GALAXY promotion draws held in Beijing China .
The online computer draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 1,000,000 email addresses of
Individuals and Corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from E-mail
Address attached to ticket number:012-0022-0044-778 with Batch Number: 082/20/ZY96.

This subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.To file for your claim,
please contact us for due processing and remittance of your prize money by filling the below information:

FULL NAME OF WINNER:................
RESIDENT ADDRESS:...................
NATIONALITY.........................
SEX..................................
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE :..............
DATE OF BIRTH:......................
OCCUPATION:..........................
PHONE NUMBER........................

Your prize award has been insured with your email address and will be transferred to you upon meeting
the requirement of the gaming board authority which is your statutory obligations.

Be advice that all information pertaining to this
WINNING FUNDS should be kept extremely CONFIDENTIAL till the funds get to you. This is to avoid DOUBLE claiming of prize.

Congratulations from all members and staff of the promotion.

Yours faithfully,

Elean Choi
Claims Agent
Samsung GALAXY

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