419 scam: "MRS LILIAN BROOKS SMITH" <info@valet.it> Congratulation!!!

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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!
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.
- +447045732099 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS LILIAN BROOKS SMITH" <info@valet.it>
Reply-To: info@auslottery.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:07:39 -0700
Subject: Congratulation!!!

Ref: 07/CK-RDD-189UK/2017
Batch No: CK-RDD-123UK
Winning No: CK-RTI-176UK

Dear Lucky Winner,
This is to inform you that your email address has won you a prize of$30 000=
USD.00 (thirty thousand dollars) from the yearly Coca-Cola lottery incenti=
ve the UK, which is organized by Coca-Cola in conjunction with Chevron, Tex=
aco oil and gas company, =201CYour email address" were selected through a c=
omputer ballot system drawn from nine hundred thousand emails from Canada, =
Australia, USA, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part o=
ur international promotions program which is conducted annually, we only se=
lect 50 people as our winners, through electronic ballot system without the=
winner applying.

MAKE SURE YOU SEND DETAILS TO THIS EMAIL TO AVOID DISQUALIFICATION:
info@auslottery.com

1 Name:
2 Address:
3. Country/State:
4. Mobile No:
5. Sex:
6. Age:
7. Occupation:
8. Email:
9. Your Bank Name:
10 Account Number:

YOU ARE TO FORWARD YOUR FULL DATA, INCLUDING BANK DETAILS TO US FOR EASY PA=
YMENT YOUR PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH. (4x4)
For confirmation and processing of you to win the documents
YOU ARE TO FORWARD YOUR COMPLETE DETAILS INCLUDING BANK DETAILS TO US FOR =
EASY PAYMENT AND YOUR PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH. (4X4)
For confirmation and processing of you winning documents,

Claims Manager, =

MRS LILIAN BROOKS SMITH.
Tel +447045732099

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