419 scam: "Ms.Jane"<post@alexiousa.com> Re: YOU HAVE WON !

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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:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- info.deskguinnessuk@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms.Jane" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.deskguinnessuk@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:31:36 +0300
Subject: Re: YOU HAVE WON !

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
GUINNESS LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WHITE HART LANE, LONDON N17 8HR, UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear Winner
REF: 041238013011GLP
BATCH: 0034712-EX
AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 10th August,2018, of Winners of the Guinness PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED

KINGDOM,draws held on 10th August, 2018.

Your email address attached to ticket number 023-0188-790-460, with serial number 8974-22 drew the lucky numbers 09-55-44-

67-27-13, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for lump sum pay Out of (£1.500.000.00) One Million, five hundred thousand British Pounds

in cash credited to file REF No.041238014031GLP. This is from total prize Money Of (£25.500.000.00) Twenty-Five Million,

five hundred thousand British Pounds shared among the seventeen International winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer Ballot System drawn from 25,000 email addresses from Australia, New

Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as Part of International Promotions Program, which is Conducted Annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and addresses, we ask that you keep this Award strictly from Public notice until your

claim has been processed and released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your

prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes £500 Million International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact our Director,Claims/Remittance Department:

Mr.Barry Wise
Director,Claims/Remittance Department,
GUINNESS LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY,
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.
Email: info.deskguinnessuk@gmail.com

He will process and ensure the release of your won prize Money.
Note that all prize money must be claimed not later than 17th August,2018. After this date, all funds shall be returned to

our treasury as unclaimed prize money.

In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember to quote your Reference and batch numbers in every

of your correspondence with our payment officer.

Congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Ms.Jane

The Promotions Manager, GUINNESS LOTTO
PROMO LOTTERY,LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.

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