419 scam: "China Shenhua Energy Company Ltd"<info@csec.com> Dear E-mail User!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- chinasecltd@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "China Shenhua Energy Company Ltd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <csenergycoltd@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2015 04:58:17 +0530
Subject: Dear E-mail User!

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited
4th Floor, Zhouji Tower,
6 Ande Road, Dongcheng District,
Beijing, China 100011
Telephone: (86 10) 58160076 or 58160078
Fax: (86 10) 84775107
Website: www.csec.com

Dear E-mail Address Owner,

:::YEAR 2015 E-MAIL PRIZE AWARD:::

We at the China Shenhua Energy Company Limited global office like to officially congratulate you on the position you emerged in the draw that was just held by our company which featured you as the Second place Winner. Our company holds promotion each year just to promote our global publicity and reputations as we plan to exploit more corners of the World with our highly valued product lines. This promotion is just one of the various ways we are presently using to achieve this global vision of ours.

Your e-mail address with MICRO ID: CSEC-W002-HTY2-02FE was luckily drawn to be this year's Second place Winner of a brand new BMW X6 2015 model which is worth Seventy Six Thousand, Five Hundred and Five United State Dollars ($76,505.00 USD), and a Cash Prize of One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($1.5 Million USD). This money and gift we believe will enable you make some impact in the society and possibly invest in our company.

You are hereby requested to contact our representative for more details on our Promotion in particular, before taking further actions to claim your Prize. Ensure you get in touch with Mr. Huang Chao who is our Fiduciary Claims Official in our South Asian Regional Office, he can understand English and some other Asian Languages. See details of him below:

Name: Mr. Huang Chao
E-mail: chinasecltd@gmail.com
Address: 305, Ring Road, Ansari Nagar West, New Delhi, DL 110027, India
Telephone: (+91) 704 2470 431

When replying back to me, you will have to include the following information so that your Prize can be approved for remittance to you:

*** Your Full Name:
*** Address:
*** Phone Number:
*** Age:
*** Gender:
*** Occupation:
*** Winning E-mail:
*** Micro ID:

We know you must be excited and very happy about this news you have just received from us and the truth is that, we are doing this to put smiles into homes and hearts of people Worldwide. The only thing being required of you in return is to kindly place our company logo on the Car that you have just won for a minimum period of six (6) months.

On behalf of the entire management and staffs of the China Shenhua Energy Company Limited, I say Congratulations to you and your entire household.

Signed,
Mrs. Li Haicang
(China Shenhua Secretary).
_______________________________________________________________________
**NOTE** you must be 16 years or older to claim. Late response is not acceptable, misconduct and non adherence to instructions leads to Prize termination. Do not fail to keep your Winning information confidential for security reasons because the CSEC Ltd will not be responsible for any loss of funds.

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