419 scam: "Ed Hui"<mail.me@ioc3.com> 2014 Notice.

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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:

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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "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 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.
- atm.remitt@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ed Hui" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atm_remitt@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 08:19:52 -0700
Subject: 2014 Notice.

Federal Ministry of Finance
Kompleks Kementerian Kewangan
No. 5 Persiaran Perdana
Presint 2, Pusat Pentadbiran
Kerajaan Persekutuan
62592 WP Putrajaya, Malaysia.

This letter is from the Federal Ministry Of Finance, Malaysia. We wish to inform you of the results of the just concluded annual ballot draws conducted by The Federal Ministry Of Finance, Malaysia in conjuction with the United Nations. In this draw lucky beneficiaries are selected randonmly by our computer ballot system drawn from 42,000,Names,7,000 names from each continent. Email addresses of participants were also collected from internet guestbook and data collecting systems from all over the world. At the end of the draw, you emerged as one of the three lucky beneficiaries. As a lucky beneficiary, you have been awarded the cash prize of $800,000.00 USD.(Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
In lieu of the above, an ATM card valued at the sum of $800,000.00 USD. Will be issued to you by the payment release center with which you will be able to withdraw your money from any cash point Or ATM machine anywhere in the world and the maximum withdrawal per day Is $5,000 USD.

For further directives regarding the release of your ATM card payment, you are to contact the director of the payment release center, Dr. Ralph Ani with the
details below.

Email: atm.remitt@aol.com

You are advised to furnish them with the following information:
*Your Name:
*Address:
*Phone Number:
*Age:
*Sex
*Occupation:

Kindly ignore email scams from various scammers who eventually request you to pay money upfront for some form of payments, documentations or whatsoever. You are not required to pay for anything you won, never! All fees, taxes, processing charges and whatsoever cost that may apply will be provided by the clearing department. In no time will you be required to make a payment upfront.
Your government tax will be deducted from your wins ONLY AFTER your $800,000.00 USD (Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) has been successfully remitted to your designated bank account.
Please be warned in order not to loose your hard earned money to fraudsters.

Note that because of impostors and to prevent unwarranted abuse of this program, We hereby issue you a communication code (PRC2014X), You are to use this code as your subject when contacting the payment department so as to enable them give your file the urgent attention it requires.

Best regards
Dr. Yichen Liu.

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