419 scam: "TWINOXIDE INTERNATIONAL PLC" <info@twinoxide.com> (no subject)

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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")
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.
- +447045707916 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- twinoxidecompanypromo90@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "TWINOXIDE INTERNATIONAL PLC" <info@twinoxide.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: twinoxidecompanypromo90@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:27:46 +0530 (IST)
Subject:

TWINOXIDE INTERNATIONAL PLC.
ADDRESS:Embark Lane 23, London. United Kingdom.
PHONE:+447045707916.
WEBSITE.www.twinoxide.com
Date:22th APRIL 2010

:::::::____YEAR 2010 EMAIL ID NOTIFICATION____:::::::
Dear Winner
We at Twin Oxide International Plc office likes to officially congratulate
you for the draw that was just held by our campany which features you as the
second place winner. Our company holds promotion each year just to promote
our product and reoputation as we plan to exploit more corners of the globe
with our highly valued products line. This promotion is just one of the
various ways we presently using to achieve this global vision of ours. Your
email address with MICROS ID (DVT-31400-JHN-602TM-2XL) was luckily drawn to
be this year's second place winner of a cash prize $485,000USD.
Your Micros ID is : DVT-31400-JHN-602TM-2XL.

ABOUT TWINOXIDE®

TWINOXIDE® 0.3% SOLUTION

TwinOxide® is a unique and advanced delivery system, providing 99.9x% pure
chlorine dioxide solution in a 0.3% concentration without by-products. It is
applied as a (drinking) water disinfectant. TwinOxide® is delivered as a
powder kit of two components. Once added to a specific volume of water,
TwinOxide® reacts to a 99.9x% pure chlorine dioxide solution with a kinetic
halftime as a biocide of 30 days. As water contamination levels vary, it is
easily possible
________________________________________________________

Ensure you contact Dr,Bram Shaw who is our claims official in Europe..
United Kingdom and can understand your english and some european
languages.See details of him below.
Name : Dr.Bram Shaw
Email :twinoxidecompanypromo90@gmail.com
Address : Embark Lane 23, London. United Kingdom
Phone :+447045707916
When contacting the claims agent you should include the following if you
must
get a response from him;
_________________________________________________
*** Your Full Name
***Country
*** Address
*** Phone number
*** Fax number
*** Age
*** Gender
*** Occupation
*** next of kid
*** Winning email and Micros ID
_________________________________________________
Special greetings from the entire family of TWINOXIDE INTERNATIONAL PLC
Worldwide.
Signed,
Mrs, Li Jun Feng (Sec.announcer)
________________________________________________________________________________

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