419 scam: GLOBAL PACIFIC EMAIL LOTTERY <Globallottorewards@usa.com> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNING !!!!

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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:
- "transferred into your bank account" (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)
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "deadline" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- skye.anderson70@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GLOBAL PACIFIC EMAIL LOTTERY <Globallottorewards@usa.com>
Reply-To: skye.anderson70@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:47:54 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNING !!!!

Good Day,

We want to happily inform you that your email address was randomly selected among 5,000 email addresses that have has just won $15,000,000 USD (FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in our just concluded EMAIL LOTTO organized by various email providers in collaboration with the United Nations to encourage the use of the internet world wide. This new innovative was initiated by President of Microsoft himself, Bill Gates and the U.N (United Nations) secretary in the person of Mr Bank-ki Moon.This lotto is organized every 4 months to reward email account owners. It is a new trend available to only 5 parts of the World (Europe, Africa, Canada, Asia & Australia). The countries eligible from each of these continents are outlined below:

*Europe- United Kingdom, France, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Holland, Finland,United States, Norway, Romania, Italy, Belgrade, Belgium, Portugal, Holland, New Zealand, Russia, & Czech Republic
*Asia- China, Philippines, South Korea, Japan,Taiwan, Malaysia, India & Indonesia
*America- ALL Cities are eligible
*Canada- All Cities are eligible
*Australia- All cities are eligible
*Africa- ONLY South Africa

For more details on how to claim your fund before deadline, You can contact me via phone OR my Official email address outlisted below:

*OFFICIAL NAME- SKYE ANDERSON
*EMAIL ADDRESS- (skye.anderson70@gmail.com)
*CELLPHONE NUMBER- +1-646-396-0072

The deadline to claim your funds is 10 working Days after you receive this email. However, If you feel this email was wrongly sent to you, Send a 'DISCLAIMER NOTE' to show that you are NOT interested in receiving this fund. This 'DISCLAIMER NOTE' will be printed out and forwarded to the SUPREME COURT for documentation and future reference. We want to congratulate you on your winning & We ask that You try your best to ensure that You contact the right offices involved for your funds to be transferred into your Bank Account or a CASH DELIVERY to your nearest Airport in your Country. We will await your response for us to proceed with the necessary actions to make this concluded rightly. Once more, Congratulations!!!

Global Lottery Association,
Staten Island, New York ,
United States of America
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****GPLA is the Global Pacific Lottery Association. It is one of five regional associations of the World Lottery Association (WLA). GPLA represents 25 lotteries from 10 countries in the Global Pacific region. GPLA is a forum to cultivate and strengthen communications for the benefit of sharing information and experience within the worldwide lottery industry***

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