419 scam: Macau promotions <macaucasino2000@yahoo.co.uk> You are among the lucky winners!!!

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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 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.
- macaucasino2000@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Macau promotions <macaucasino2000@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:37:18 +0200
Subject: You are among the lucky winners!!!

MACAU CASINO CELEBRATION
FOREIGN SERVICES MANAGER,
ASIA PACIFIC
Customer Service

LOTTO WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1035) of the MACAU
CASINO PROMOTION LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes
International program held on today in MACAU. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 45375600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers(14,33,36,39,42,46)
which Subsequently won 2nd category Macau Casino Promo.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$500,000,00 in cash (Five Hundred Thousand, united state
dollars) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/07.This
is from a total cash prize of US$2,650,000.00 shared among
the international winners in the Second category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within
our China booklet representative office in ASIA as
indicated .In view of this, your winning prize will be released
to you by our payment offices in ASIA (CHINA)as soon as
possible. So forward your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND PHONE NO.

Your Sincerely,
DR JOHNY CHEI
VICE PRESIDENT INT.PROMOTIONS
CASINO PROMOTION AGENT
0086 13510105254 - CALL ME
macaucasino2000@yahoo.co.uk

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