419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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.
- nestel.goodfood@yahoo.com.my (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nestel.goodfood@yahoo.com.my>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 20:57:48 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam=5F3=5F?=
Congratulations !

Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad
22-1, 22nd floor, Surian Tower
No. 1, Jalan PJS 7/3
Mutiara Damansara 47810
Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia.

SPECIAL BONUS GIFT NEW YEAR.

We are pleased to inform you of the results anticipated release Nestle Bonus Prize (Malaysia) Berhad typically held on June 10th, 2015. This e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2031559270 that is automatically selected by our System (CBS) computer voice that makes you are one of ten lucky winners of this year online lottery promotion. Therefore, you have been approved for payment of a sum of RM 95,000.00 (ninety five thousand Ringgit Malaysia) in cash credited to file reference number: NMB / 735 413 190 / 1A7.

This promotion is sponsored by the office of the Chief Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad. This is to enable our customers to focus respected our good products. All winners will be selected through a computerized balloting system drawn from 500,000 email users around the Asia Pacific zone as part of the Special Bonus Program. Please note that due to a mix up some names and addresses, we advise that you keep winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your funds are sent to anda.Ini is part of security measures to avoid double claiming or joint unfounded or impersonators who take advantage of our program. To make your claim, you must contact our Claims Manager with the details below.

Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad claims manager;
** Contact Name: Salim Ramli
** Contact e-mail: nestel.goodfood@yahoo.com.my

You are required to provide the following information is required to process your winnings to your Claims Manager:

/ 1. Full name:
/ 2. Contact Address:
/ 3 date of birth:
/ 4. winning numbers:
/ 5. job:
/ 6. male / female:
/ 7: Personal e-mail:
/ 8. Nationality :
/ 9 Phone Number.
10. Any Identification Card.

Note: This is not a scam as the information will be kept confidential and fans all know that winning must be claimed at the time because failure to do so could lead to unfit.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and management Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad.

Warmest regards,

Muhammad Salina Norman
Senior brand manager
Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad
GOOD FOOD, GOOD LIFE.

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