419 scam: Mr Maga Bush <helpdesk@italmondo.com> Guinness Worldwide Internet Awareness Lottery

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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 great british pounds" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
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.
- paymentcenter120@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Maga Bush <helpdesk@italmondo.com>
Reply-To: <paymentcenter120@mail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 11:54:44 -0700
Subject: Guinness Worldwide Internet Awareness Lottery

GUINNESS HOUSE
HOUGHTON STREET ,LONDON,
WC2A 2AE, UNITED KINGDOM.
Date:31-05-2017

GUINNESS STOUT NEW GREAT INTERNET AWARENESS PROMOTIONS 2017.

Attention:

CLAIMS NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the 2017 Year draws held on the 17 Jan 2017 by GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT Worldwide Internet Awareness Promotion, your email was among the 30 lucky winners who won GBP (Eight Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) £800,000.00 each on the GUINNESS COMPANY.

However, the results were released today 31 May 2017 and your email was attached to ticket number (GUI45856CS89) and ballot number (BN: 6220914657/HBZ-T). The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 250,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies, picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

In other to claim your GBP £800,000.00 winning prize, which have been deposited in a designated Finance Security Company here in WEST AFRICA. However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of Guinness Worldwide Internet Awareness Lottery Company for verification and then you will be directed on how you can claim your won prize as it has already been deposited in your favor.

NAMES....
HOUSE ADDRESS....
AGE....
SEX....
MARITAL STATUS....
COUNTRY....
MOBILE PHONE....
OCCUPATION:

Completely fill the form above and send it immediately to our promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund using the contact details below:
CONTACT: (Email: paymentcenter120@mail.com)

Most importantly you shall be requested to pay the sum of $215(Only) by MR MAGA BUSH as the Delivery fee of your GUINNESS WINNING PARCEL and this money is for the courier company to bring your GUINNESS WINNING PARCEL to you. Once you contact the Office, please request delivery option from him in other to avoid further delay.

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Mr Maga Bush.
(GUINNESS PROMOTION MANAGER)

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