419 scam: "Russia World Cup 2018 Online Promotion Award <admin@tperan.ml> Attention: Email Account Holder

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Russia World Cup 2018 Online Promotion Award <admin@tperan.ml>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:02:39 -0700
Subject: Attention: Email Account Holder

Congratulations!! Congratulations!!

Are you the correct owner of this email? If yes, then, be glad this day as the result of the Russia World Cup 2018 Online Lotto and email address free-ticket draws of the , 2018 Promotion Award has been released and we are glad to announce to you that your email address came out in the first category and entitles you to claim the sum of â‚¬1,000,000.00.

t is a promotional Program from FIFA in Conjunction with the World cup sponsors like Microsoft,Gazprom,Royal Dutch Shell Oil and gas, to advertise for the upcoming RUSSIA FIFA WORLD CUP 2018. Your email address was entered for the online draw on this free ticket number:B55607545 6152 with reference number SAJA2C110P5 and Serial number SA5365/3 , Batch number XA87-2PY,drew the lucky numbers: 04-09-20-22-29-38- Bonus 06.

This subsequently won you the Award in the 1st category i.e. matches 6 lucky numbers Plus Bonus number.

You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of â‚¬1,000,000.00. (One Million Euro Only) in cash is credited to file SAPC/9080144308/05. This is from a total cash prize of â‚¬18,250,000.00 Shared amongst the 16 with (2) lucky winner in "1st" category.

This promotion was drawn based on email address as the key identification for setting up online accounts. All valid email addresses in the World Wide Web Draw used/participants for the online email promotion version were selected randomly via computer balloting from a global website collaboration with internet companies like eBay, pay pal, liberty reserve, and Google whom also built their systems and based their membership registration identity on email addresses supporting this computer draw system done by extracted email addresses from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies and advertisers listed online. This Online promotion takes place via virtual ticket balloting and it is done for Russia World Cup 2018.

Please note that youâ€™re lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our United State booklet representative office in North Carolina as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your â‚¬1,000,000.00

Would be released to you by our payment department.

Kindly provide following information urgently:-

1. Full Name: 2. Physical Address 3. Age/Occupation: 4. Reference Number/Ticket Number: 5. Telephone Number: 6. Country: 7. Batch number: 8.Copy of Your Passport.

Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your Award Winning prize by providing details below.

Contact Name: Peter M Hourmouzis

E-mail: msn_ukhq@hotmail.com

Tel: + 13362543922

Sincerely,

Ms. Vicki Shaw

Controller General Copyright (c) 2018 Russia World Cup online Lottery International Promotion Inc. All rights reserved.

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