419 scam: Munis Wood <munis_wood10@yahoo.com> CONGRATULATION TO YOU ONCE MORE.SEND YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS TO ENABLE YOU CLAIM

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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 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: Munis Wood <munis_wood10@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: munis_wood0002@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:22:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION TO YOU ONCE MORE.SEND YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS TO ENABLE YOU CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRICE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.

Dear Nadja Osterzer

I'm inreceipt of your mail and well undertood to me.Listen.All participant were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from companies and individual email addresses and your lucky number are as follows Bonus this promotion takes place annually and it is sponsor by Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates to encourage the use of internet and computers world wide.Our head office is in Holand..You have to hurry up and claim your winning price before the next rollover will be conducted.

Thanks and Congratulation to you once more.
Munis Wood.

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