419 scam: Marketing <marketing@bodyguard.ro> DIN E-POSTADRESS HAR VUNNIT EURO 1,000.000.00

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
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.
- postbk.international@post.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Marketing <marketing@bodyguard.ro>
Reply-To: <eurolott0@live.be>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 02:45:45 +0100
Subject: DIN E-POSTADRESS HAR VUNNIT EURO 1,000.000.00

Euro Lotto kampanjer.

http://www.euroslotto.net

FRÅN: REGERING ACKREDITERADE LICENSIERAD LOTTERI

Kära lycklig vinnare,

RE: Bonus LOTTER PROMOTION utdelningar av filmpriser VINNANDE ANMÄLAN

Vi har nöjet att informera er om resultatet av just avslutat veckofinalen
drar av Euro Lotto International Lottery program.
Online cyber lotto drar genomfördes från en fullständig förteckning över 25.000 e-
postadresser av enskilda och juridiska personer plockas av en avancerad
automatiserade slumpmässigt datorsökning från internet. Inga biljetter såldes.
Efter denna automatiserade dator valomgång, framkom din e-postadress som en av tio
vinnare i kategori "A" med följande:

Ticket Nummer: 901245557

Ref nr: 35149/337-5247/LNI

Satsnummer :26371545-LNI / 2011

Du liksom de övriga vinnare finns där för att ta emot en prissumma på
1,000.00. (En miljon euro ENDAST) vardera från den totala utbetalningen.
Din prisutdelningen har varit försäkrad med din e-postadress och kommer att
överföras till dig vid möta våra krav, lagstadgade skyldigheter,
verifieringar, valideringar och tillfredsställande rapport.

Till att börja omedelbar utbetalning och utsättning av ditt pris
vinster råder vi dig att
omedelbart kontakta vår utbetalande bank
den informatiom nedan:

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Post Bank International

Amsterdam-Nederländerna.

Kontaktperson: Christian Felde

(Direktör för Operation)

Tel: 00 31 62 048 5538
Fax: 00 31 84 731 5450

E-post: postbk.international@post.com
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Du är att förse dem med följande:

1.First Namn:

2. Efternamn:
3. Telefon:
4. Faxnummer:
5. Adress:
6. Nationalitet:
7. Ålder:
8. Yrke:
9. E-postadress:

NOTE: Alla vinster göras gällande senast 14 dagar. Efter detta datum alla
outtagna medel skulle tas med i nästa spel. Kom ihåg att uppge ditt
referensinformation i all korrespondens.

Du är att hålla alla lotto information från allmänheten, särskilt
din referens och numren biljett. (Detta är viktigt eftersom ett fall av dubbel
ansökningar kommer inte att avvisas).

Tack och grattis!

Högaktningsfullt

Fru Julie Van Boer

Spel / Lotteri samordnare.
Euro Lotto International
http://www.euroslotto.net

Anti-fraud resources:

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