419 scam: "Mr.Meni Holmes"<admin@genoson.ga> Re: YOUR WINNING TICKET

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "foreign service manager" (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)
- ",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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447520638316
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.
- desmondsandberg6@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Meni Holmes" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <desmondsandberg6@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:17:24 +0800
Subject: Re: YOUR WINNING TICKET

WINNING NUMBER
BL

BLUEWIN INTERNATIONAL LOTTO
ENFIELD,MIDDAX EN 45 AA,
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.
AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE:

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today, 14th of November 2019 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME
PROMO LOTTERY; THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAM held on the 29th August 2019.
Your email address attached to ticket number
023-56678230954, with serial number 5073-11 drew the
lucky numbers 7-14-21-42-49-59, and consequently
won the lottery in the 1st category. You have
therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of
POUNDS
1,200.000.00 ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
POUNDS credited to file REF NO. SGIL/763276/03. This
is from total prize money of EURO 24,000,000.00 shared
among the TWELVE international winners in 1st-3rd
categories.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 25,000 company emails
Addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses
from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North
America and Asia as part of International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
Your fund is now in custody of a financial/Securities
company. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,
we ask that you keep this award strictly confidential
until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your account.
To receive your claim, please contact your file/claim
officer:

MR.DESMOND SANDBERG
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
GLOBAL SECURITIES.
London,England
E.MAIL:desmondsandberg6@gmail.com
TELEPHONE:+447520638316

All prize money must be claimed not later than 5th
November 2019. After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Congratulations once again from our team of staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALLY
DISQUALIFIED.

Sincerely,

Mr.Meni Holmes

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