419 scam: "Jhon Jairo" <jjchukeyepes@pijaos.udea.edu.co> :::YEAR 2014 E-MAIL PRIZE RESULT:::

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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")
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- fiduciaryclaimsoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: fiduciaryclaimsoffice@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 06:39:24 -0500
Subject: :::YEAR 2014 E-MAIL PRIZE RESULT:::

China Southern Power Grid Company Limited
No.6,Huasui Road, Zhujiang,
xincheng Tianhe District,
Guangzhou, P.R.China, 510623.
Tel: (86 20) 38121080
Fax: (86 20) 38120188
E-mail: International@csg.cn
Website: www.csg.cn
Dear E-mail Address Owner,
:::YEAR 2014 E-MAIL PRIZE RESULT:::
We at the China Southern Power Grid Company Limited global office like to
officially congratulate you for the position you emerged in the draw that was
just held by our company which featured you as the Second place Winner. Our
company holds promotion each year just to promote our global publicity and
reputations as we plan to exploit more corners of the World with our highly
valued product lines. This promotion is just one of the various ways we are
presently using to achieve this global vision of ours.
Your e-mail address with MICRO ID: CSG-CN002-HUY2-02NE was luckily drawn to be
this year's Second place Winner of a brand new BMW X6 2013 updated model;
which is worth Ninety Six Thousand, Five Hundred and Five United State Dollars
($96,505.00 USD) and a cash prize of One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars ($1.5 Million USD). This money and gift we believe will enable
you make some impact in the society and possibly invest in our company.
You are hereby requested to contact our agent for more details on our
Promotion in particular before taking further actions to claim your prize.
Ensure you inform Dr. Sanny Cheng Yuan who is our fiduciary claims official in
India and can understand English and some other Asian Languages. See details
of him below;

Name: Dr. Sanny Cheng Yuan
E-mail: fiduciaryclaimsoffice@gmail.com
Address: 102 Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021, India

When contacting the claims agent you should include the following if you must
get a response from him;
*** Your Full Name:
*** Address:
*** Phone Number:
*** Age:
*** Gender:
*** Occupation:
*** Winning E-mail and Micro ID:
We know you must be excited and very happy about this news you have just
received from us and the truth is that, we are doing this to put smiles into
homes and hearts of people Worldwide. The only thing being required of you in
return is to kindly place our company logo on the car that you have won for a
minimum period of six (6) months.
On behalf of the entire management and staffs of the China Southern Power Grid
Company Limited, I say Congratulations to you and your entire household.
Signed,
Mrs. Jeng Haicang
(China Southern Power Grid Secretary).
_______________________________________________________________________
**NOTE** you must be 16 years or older to claim. Late response is not
acceptable, misconduct and non adherence to instructions leads to prize
termination. Do not fail to keep your winning information confidential for
security reasons because the Company will not be responsible for lost of funds.

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