419 scam: OREGON LOTTERY ADMIN@berkeleyasm.org CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED WITH $2,500,000

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: OREGON LOTTERY ADMIN@berkeleyasm.org
Reply-To: oregondept@gmail.com
Date: 21 Mar 2018 15:38:38 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED WITH $2,500,000

Dear Beneficiary:

This is Oregon Lottery Department 2018 Promotion, We are
officially inform you about our ongoing free award giving prize
from Oregon US Lottery Online Promotions. For you to participate
you to send the reference number which is (600DB01) and your
Security Check.

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.

Below is your prize description and for more information about
this lottery award given to you from OLD. Please read carefully
and note that there are Online Scam message to trick you into
sending fees for your prize, we suggest you do not partake in
this fraud. Oregon is a free Award and we do not ask for upfront
fees, you will only be required to sort the delivery of your
prize with the choice of delivery you want.

Prize Description: $2,500,000 USD + A brand New Mercedes Benz E-
CLASS for 3 lucky beneficiaries. Congratulations!, you are among
the 3 lucky beneficiaries to receive the Brand New Car.

OLD have legitimate proof of the lucky beneficiary from Baghdad
that receive a whooping sum of $6,400,000, and due to security
reasons he pleaded for his name not to be revealed in the
internet. WE have provided you with the link for confirmation and
verification.

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

HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE:

PROVIDE THE REQUIRED BENEFICIARY INFORMATIONâ€™S:

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

In order to receive your prize from OLD, it has to be processed
in our Computer Database and released to you using your desire
choice of payout.

Contact our agent with the below email for release of your prize
to you, simply reply this email to get in touch with them.

For security reason you are to make the contact using your email
and please we require some security check to be sure we are in
contact with you directly because we do not support third party
transaction,

Your Reference Number is (600DB01), please include your reference
number why replying this email to get in touch directly with the
assign agent to you. The reference number will be put into our
database to cross-check if the information you put above is
correct.

Congratulations once again for your time and willingness in
receiving your prize from OLD.

Oregon Online Lottery Award Admin,
Oregon Lottery Department

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