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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million 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.
- cchinashenhuaenergy899@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: karanja@uonbi.ac.ke
Reply-To: cchinashenhuaenergy899@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:08:10 +0300
Subject: Dear E-mail User,

CHINA SOUTHERN
POWER GRID CO.,
LTD.
No.6 Huasui
Road, Zhujiang
Xincheng Tianhe
District,
Guangzhou,
P.R.China,
510623
Tel: (86 10)
58160076
Fax: (86 10)
84775107
Website: www.csg.cn

Dear E-mail User,

:::YEAR
2015
EMAIL
PRIZE
AWARDS:::

We at the China
Southern Power
Grid 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 email
address with
MICRO ID:
CSG-W002-HTY2-02FE
was luckily
drawn to be this
year's Second
Place Winner of
a brand new BMW
X6 2015 updated
model: which is
worth $178,505
USD and cash
prize of $1.5
Million United
State Dollars.
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.
Kris Morris who
is our fiduciary
claims official
in South Africa
and can
understand
English. See
details of him
below;

Name: Dr. Peter
Scott
E-mail:
cchinashenhuaenergy899@gmail.com
Address: 156
Alsatian Rd,
Midrand

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 you
will need to pay
to this company
is to kindly
place our
company logo on
the car that you
have won for a
minimum period
of 6 months.

On behalf of the
entire
management and
staffs of the
China Southern
Power Grid
Limited, I say
Congratulations
to you and your
family.

Signed,
Mrs. Chan Lee
(Sec.)
________________________________________________________________________
**NOTE** you
must be 18 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
personal for
security reasons
because the
Company will not
be responsible
for lost of
funds.

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