419 scam: "Mega Millionaries Lotto" <donaldleswiss@gmail.com> Mega Millionaires Lotto/Congratulations!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- mrturnerwilliam4050@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- +614-88810519 (fax- +61283106458) email address (mrturnerwilliam4050@gmail.com) your security code is: h649pc32 as required by us (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mega Millionaries Lotto" <donaldleswiss@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:16:57 +0400
Subject: Mega Millionaires Lotto/Congratulations!

Melbourne Australia
382 Channel Drive
Tel/Fax-- +61280155397.

Attn Lucky Winner,

The Team of Mega Million is Pleased to officially announce you as the Third place prize winner of the Ten Million ($10,000.000.00) prize draw sponsored by powerball Australia. The total amount to be claimed for the Fourth place is Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000,00). Congratulations! Mega Millions will make all necessary arrangements for you to receive your prize. Please contact your Claims Agent or representative immediately to avoid delays as you can contact him via e-mail at or through telephone and fax listed below.Also be informed that 10% of your Winning belongs to Tatts Group Limited because they are the promotion and legal company that assign to your claim, this 10 percent will be paid only after you have received your awarded prize (money) Three (3) certificates are to be issued to you by the Local Government concerned offices to legally back up your claim through the promotional company(Tatts Group Limited). the unclaimed winning prize is used for education programs, treatment programs, and to increase future prize pools.

Your Claims Agent is: Mr. William Turner in Australia Tel- +614-88810519 (Fax- +61283106458) Email Address (mrturnerwilliam4050@gmail.com)

Your Security Code is: H649PC32 As required by US Federal, AUS and State laws, your Security code and Prize information must be kept strictly confidential which means that you are precluded from discussing your win with 3rd parties such as (family members, friends and relatives).This is to prevent unlawful tampering and a means to reduce risks of fraud and scams from taking place and also Due to false practices, we ask that you keep your award information strictly from public notice, until your claim has been processed and money remitted to your possession as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.

As soon as we verify your identity and Security Code number from you, we will immediately release your total sum through wire transfer into your nominated bank account or platinum automated card will be issued with withdrawal analysis according to the global financial law guiding lottery release through (ATM). Your email initial was used for the raffle draw and you emerged a lucky winner.

Once again, Congratulations

Donald Lewis
Email-- donaldleswiss@gmail.com
MEGA MILLIONS.

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