419 scam: admin@adtsec.com WINNING NOTIFICATION.............

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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")
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: admin@adtsec.com
Reply-To: jaja_dada@aol.com
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:20:34 -0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.............

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Lottery Winner!!

We are obliged to announce to you the result of the just concluded monthly final draws of the Euro-millions Online Lottery Promotion and your email was among the 150 Lucky winners who won â‚¬1,293,000,00 Euros (One Million, Two Hundred Ninety Three Thousand Euros) each on the Euro-millions Online Lottery Promotion date 27th March, 2019.

To claim your prize money, kindly fill the form below and forward same to our Fiduciary Agent for the release of your prize sum of â‚¬1,293,000,00 Euros (One Million,Two Hundred Ninety Three Thousand Euros).

YOUR FULL NAME:.....................................
FULL ADDRESS:(RESIDENT ADDRESS ONLY)...............................
AGE:...................GENDER:........................................
CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER:.........................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COUNTRY:...............................

It is worthy of note to keep your winning details away from the general public, especially your Lucky Star Number to avoid any discrepancies as Euro-millions shall not be held responsible of any false claims and its consequences. The entire staffs and Management Team of the Euro-millions Online Lottery Promotion wish to congratulate you for this lucky jackpot and please spend the money prudently. GOOD LUCK!

Yours faithfully,

Greg Dada

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