419 scam: "MARGRET ROGER"<xerox@kaznetworks.kz> Kindly contact back ASAP...............

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- mikejohnsonatm1@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "MARGRET ROGER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <taylor_homeequity@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:35:48 -0700
Subject: Kindly contact back ASAP...............

THE EURO-MILLIONS LOTTERY PROMOTION
ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
PO BOX 1010 LIVERPOOL
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM.
Ballot Draw: 539
Raffle number: SSY424299

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 €1,293,000,00 Euros (One Million, Two Hundred Ninety Three Thousand Euros) each on the Euro-millions Online Lottery Promotion date 22nd May, 2019.

This is from the total prize money of 42 Million Euros that will be shared among the 20 lucky winners and you are extremely lucky to be one of the lucky winners,therefore you are instantly qualified and eligible to receive a total prize money of €1,293,000,00 Euros (One Million Two Hundred Ninety Three Thousand Euros) following the results we released Yesterday and your email is attached to Raffle number: SSY424299 Ticket Number (28) (30) (42) (45) (49) Ballot Draw Number: 539 and Lucky Star Number (05) (10) among others.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 290,600 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection of our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 290,000 email addresses drawn from all the Continents.

This Lottery program was duly approved by the UK National Lottery and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitized the general public of this wonderful initiative. As indicated by the computerized selection machine,for your security, you are advised to keep your winning details private until your claim is processed and your prize money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit.

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 €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:...............................

Contact Person: Mr. Mike Johnson
E-mail address: mikejohnsonatm1@yahoo.co.jp

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!

LAST WARNING: You are to keep this winning a top secret from the public until your claims has been processed and remitted to you to avoid double crossing and disqualification, this is part of the security protocols (This is very important).

Yours faithfully,

MRS. MARGRET ROGER
HEAD, ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
THE EURO-MILLIONS LOTTERY PROMOTION
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This message may contain information which is privileged or confidential.
If you are not the named addressee of this message please destroy it without using, sharing, copying or disclosing its contents to other parties.
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