419 scam: mona.frank3517@outlook.com Congratulation!! Your Email Account Has Won Xmas Bonanza!!!!

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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:
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "claimsprocessingdept@aol.nl" (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!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +31684244748 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- contactmrbongersdept@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mona.frank3517@outlook.com
Reply-To: claimsprocessingdept@aol.nl
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 01:42:41 +0100
Subject: Congratulation!! Your Email Account Has Won Xmas Bonanza!!!!

Lucky Day Lottery NL.
Postbus 3074
2280 GB Rijswijk
The Netherlands.
Website: http://www.luckyday.nl
Dear Lucky Winner!
This notification may come to you as a surprise but take out time to read =
it carefully, as we wishes congratulate you over your success in the just c=
oncluded and official publication of results of the e-mail electronic onlin=
e Sweepstakes promotional award program. We are pleased to inform you that =
your e-mail account has won 3,520,000:00 Eur (Three Million, Five Hundred &=
Twenty Thousand Euro Only) in the Lucky Day Lottery sweepstakes program, c=
onducted Monday 21st, December 2015, and the results were release today. Th=
is Lottery is a free promotional program sponsored by consortium of softwar=
e companies, which means Lottery tickets were not sold.
For more information/procedure of your winnings claim, you are advice to c=
ontact our claims processing department with the contact information below,=
and provide them with your winning details as stated below.
Contact Person: Mr. Robert Bongers
For: Claims Processing Dept.
Tel: +31 68-424-4748
Fax: +31 20-719-2254
E-mail: claimsprocessingdept@aol.nl
E-mail: contactmrbongersdept@gmail.com
Your Winning Details.
Ref Number: NL007K/0AAH3-Y0/15
Batch Number: YGH601-NLS/41ZB
Ticket Number: W521/JKD-VGF01
NOTE: Please be warned, your winning and its entire information are to be =
kept strictly confidential, this is to avoid previous bad experience this p=
rogram has suffered, such as abuse of this program by other internet user w=
ho use the name of this company for unscrupulous activities and double clai=
ming of winning entitlement because of insecurity of winning information on=
the part of beneficiaries. Always call to ensure that you are dealing with=
the right department. If you find this message in your spam is due to your=
internet provider.
Yours sincerely,
Mona Frank (Mrs).
The Sweepstakes Coordinator.
=A9 2015 Lucky Day Lottery NL. All Rights Reserved.
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The information contained in this email is confidential. If the reader is n=
ot the intended recipient then you must notify the sender immediately by re=
turn email and then delete all copies of this email. You must not copy, dis=
tribute, print or otherwise use the information. Email may be stored by the=
Company to support operational activities. All information will be held in=
accordance with the Company's Privacy Policy which can be found on the Com=
pany's website -http://www.luckyday.nl
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