419 scam: "Customers Center"<info@lee.com> RE: CLAIM 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:

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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Customers Center" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <joemark67@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 03:32:34 -0800
Subject: RE: CLAIM NOTIFICATION

Re: Claim
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Your email has won a prize.
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Part Number: RDD-137-NGN
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Amount: $ 2,150,000 USD
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Terminals: World Wide
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Dear sir / madam,

Inline with the Public Service Reform Agenda of Random day Draws, I Mr Steven Justine, Lottery Coordinator is directed to notify you that your email address won a cash prize $ 2,150,000 USD, (Two Million Once Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars, your email address was selected through random selection in our computerized email selection system (CESS) from a database of over a million email addresses world wide.

Your email address was attached to the winning ID: 204LU717NGN
Please write down your winners ID, as stated above,and do not remove this message because of the important information contained in it.

This Promotional Lottery broadcast fight against poverty, charity care and social development throughout the world, and to encourage Internet users across the country. It's free Lottery Draw is proudly sponsored by Gill Gate, FIFA, Emirates, Sony, Visa, Coca-Cola, Hyundai, Kia Motors Adidas, etc.

For processing and verification of your payment in cash, click on the link below .
Click here :http://claimspadi.co.nf

Once again , congratulations!

Sincerely,
Mr, Steven Justine.
Lottery Coordinator

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