419 scam: "OREGON DEPARTMENT" <"www."@bridge.ocn.ne.jp> IMPORTANT NOTE: WE ORGE YOU TO TAKE THIS WITH GENUINE REASONING

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- oregon.dept@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "OREGON DEPARTMENT" <"www."@bridge.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: <oregondept@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 19:58:19 +0100
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTE: WE ORGE YOU TO TAKE THIS WITH GENUINE REASONING

Oregon Lottery Department.
Email: oregon.dept@usa.com
500 Airport Road SE,
Salem,OR 97301
United States of America.

if you found this message in your spam folder this an error from your Email server provider move to inbox.

Dear Beneficiaries:

It gives me great pleasure to announce to you that Oregon Lottery have chosen you and 3 Other Beneficiaries for this year Award Giveaway prizes. This award is giving annually in order to promote our Lottery Brand and encourage citizens and our customers to not giving up in playing our Lotto Game, cause you all stand a chance to be qualified for our Mega Hit Draw.

On behalf of our Lottery Department and Organization am pleased to inform you that our process of giving away awards Annually have been confirmed by the Commission Chairman of Oregon Lottery " MardiLyn Saathoff " to be 100 percent legitimate through petition or delivery progress. Below is evidence of Iraq Man that won $6.4million USD from our Lottery, Click on the below link to see and read more.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-iraq-wins-6-4-million-oregon-lottery-jackpot-n477441

AWARD WON PRIZE INFORMATION'S:

In Cheque, Cash or Master Card Prize: $1,200,000USD

I Believe you have seen your Prize information's above, over the years our organization have made so much interest from Our Lottery Brand. All free Award giveaway prize are given from our annual interest of our brand. We took the selection through a Random Email Selection System ( RESS ), of about 20,000 Emails across the United States Database. In which your email and 5 other beneficiaries have been selected to receive different prizes from us as to complete our 2016/2017 giveaway prize.

In order to start the process of releasing your prize immediately without delays, you are to provide the following required information's below in order to confirm your true identity as the beneficiary of this email to our assigned Professional Fiduciary Agent by replying this letter you will automatically be redirected to get in touch with her.

REQUIRED BENEFICIARY INFORMATION’S:

Complete Full Name:
Date Of Birth:
Sex:
Current Address:
Current Contact Number:
Current Occupation:
Reference Ticket NUMBER:

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Please be informed that your Ticket Number is 600DB01. Make sure you add it while contacting her for your claim.

Congratulations! Once Again For Partaking.

Sincerely,
Mr. Anderson Peter
Oregon Lottery Department.

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