419 scam: "Mr Mike Emle"<test@npo-center.com> CONGRULATION

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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 united state 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- golympicaward@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Mike Emle" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <golympicaward@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:29:02 +0800
Subject: CONGRULATION

Dear Lucky Winner.

We wish to congratulate you over your success in the official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online sweepstake organized by Google Olympic, in conjunction with the Foundation for the Promotion of Software Products (F.P.S.P) and confirmed by our co-sponsors Visa®/MasterCard® International. Google earns its profit mainly from advertising using their very own Gmail, Gala, Sify e-mail services, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking, You Tube video sharing, Google search engine and the Google ancillary services which are all offered to the public for free.

This is to inform you that you are among the Twenty (20) lucky winners of Category A. Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active to the Google search engine/ancillary services. Google is now the biggest search engine worldwide and in an effort to make sure that it remains the most widely used search engine, we ran an on-line e-mail beta test which your email address won US$1,500,000.00. We wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all online winners.

A winning Cheque will be issued in your name by the Google Promotion Award Team, You have therefore won the entire sum of US$1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) and also a winning certificate of your prize money will be sent to your resident home and copy by email or fax.

TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers.

Ticket number.....................005-12876099-04
Serial number.......................62790-83002-71
Lucky number...................07-15-92-14-28-37
Ref number...................GPAT/1552167004/19

To begin your lottery claims, Please contact our Google Promotion Award Team as follows,

.............................................................
Name: Mr Elnest Hugo
Email: golympicaward@gmail.com
Tel: +1 (612) 470-9075
.............................................................

RE: OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION LETTER MANDATORY VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.

(1) Your Full Name.
(2) Your Contact Address.
(3) Your Direct Tel/Fax Numbers.
(4) Your Nationality/Country.
(5) Occupation/Age.
(6) Marital Status
(7) Ticket Number, Serial Number, Lucky Number AND Ref Number.
(8) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
(9) How Do You Feel As A Winner?

The Google Olympic Promotion Award Team has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim their winnings on behalf of the real winners. The Google/Olympic Promotion Award Team has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner.

Congratulations from the Olympic Staffs & Members of Google Board Commission and we wish you continued good fortunes.

Management.
Olympic/Google Board Commission.

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