419 scam: Sinem Ozgul <sinemozgul@tal.eil.eu> ATTENTION.

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million 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)
- "murat.ozcan@gmx.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: Sinem Ozgul <sinemozgul@tal.eil.eu> (may be fake)
Reply-To: murat.ozcan@gmx.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 18:09:49 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: ATTENTION.

Attention Beneficiary:

We are happy to inform you of our mid year (2014), release of the Turkish Akdeniz Lottery sponsored by European International Lottery, held on the 30th of June 2014.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from (Six Million) Email addresses from North America, Asia, Africa, Gulf Region, Europe, and South Pacific, as part of our mid year International promotion program. Your Ticket number CL2504MTA, serial number 905-01145 and drew lucky numbers 8K-2R-05-12-17 which consequently won in the 2ND category.

You have therefore been approved a lump sum payment of $869,565.22 USD (Eight Hundred and Sixty Nine Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty Five United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of twenty Million Dollars shared among the Twenty Three international winners in this category. Due to false practices, we ask that you keep your award information strictly from public notice, until your claim has been processed and money remitted to your possession as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.

Your fund is now deposited with a CT Finance insured to its real value in line with the Canadian and European financial Parliamentary Act: hence the payment should not be reprogrammed nor should any money be deducted from your winning. To file for your claim, please contact your fiduciary agent/Finance firm handling the transfer.

Mr. Murat Ozcan
Email: murat.ozcan@gmx.com

Remember to quote your reference and lucky number in all correspondence. Finally all winning must be claimed within 31 days from the date of this final notice. All unclaimed funds after the date stated will be cancelled as unclaimed and be included in the next stake.

Congratulations once again!!!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Sinem Ozgul

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