419 scam: "Ms. Marie Reyes"<mreyes2003@jeita.or.jp> Vita Message From JEITA /C25

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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:
- "affidavit of claim" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
- ",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)
- "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)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "wxmorgan@yahoo.cn" (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: "Ms. Marie Reyes" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mreyes2003@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:26:55 +0800
Subject: Vita Message From JEITA /C25

Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0065 Japan
http://www.jeita.or.jp

Dear Winner,

Award Numbers: NL56/7766
Email ticket numbers: EAASL-130877
Batch numbers: JT11/834/8PDH /AU
Reference numbers: HL/5574/41/07/JEITA
Serial Numbers: McST/006/NL46560

This is to inform you that your email address have won a prize money of Five hundred thousand United States Dollars (US$500,000.00) for the 2009 end of the year International E-mail Draw which is Organized by Japan Electronics and Information Tecnology Industries Association (JEITA).

JEITA collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the
millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla,Gmail, Russian Mail,Hotmail,Sbcblobal and
many more from other e-mail service providers. Six people are selected yearly to benefit
from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners this year by this great
Association.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM PROCEDURE:-

(A) Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. JEITA Award
prize must be claimed not later than five days day from date of Draw Notification. Any
Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.You have therefore been approved
for the payment of the sum of US$500,000.00 in cash which is the winning present
/amount for each winner. This is from the total prize money of US$3,000,000.00 shared
among the six international winners in this category.

(B) An online account will be set up in your favor by the payee bank in China, the
activation for the online account is free but before you can successfully complete your
winning transfer from the online account that will be activated in your favor, you must
need a tax waiver clearance code and an oversea fund transfer regulation seal that must
be issued directly from the China Ministry of Taxation with a total sum of five hundred
hundred and sixty dollars ($560) only and it must be paid by you (The Winner)
upon your confirmation of the online account details with the payee bank.

(C) Contact your claim administrator in China [Mr. Waxman Morgan - Esq] and give him your
full detail below so that he will obtain and forward to you a sworn affidavit of claim
from the China High court of Justice in your favor and also re-insure your winning
under your full name/information after which he will instruct you on how to contact the
payee bank for your payment as your winning numbers fall within the China Mainland
Location file.

A payment instruction has been forwarded from the JEITA board to our Accredited paying
bank in China to credit your won prize of five hundred thousand United States dollars
$500,000.00 in your favor from our reserved account with their bank.
To file your claim, you are advised to contact your claim administrator immediately for your won prize
and below is his contact details:

Name: MR. WAXMAN MORGAN (ESQ.)
(JEITA - CHINA CLAIM ADMINISTRATOR)

E-MAIL: wxmorgan@yahoo.cn
TELEPHONE: +862161638241

He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the release of your
winning fund to you.Fill the below form and send to your claim agent via his email above.

1. Full name..........................
2. Address (Po Box Not Accepted) ............................
3. Country of origin.......................
4. Occupation...........................
5. AGE.......................................
6. Phone number.......................
7. Email Address..........................

Please do not contact your claim administrator if the paragraph (B) of the above claim procedure is not accepted by you because we do not want to go through the same problem encountered by this organization from the hands of most of our previous lucky winners who insists that the needed $560 should be deducted by the payee bank.All winners must be responsible for the tax waiver seal and financial regulation permit license seal of $560 before the full receipt of the winning prize and it must be the only fee you must pay in course of receiving you winning sum.

Congratulations ! once again.

Yours in service,

Ms. Marie Reyes
[JEITA Online Award Coordinator]
http://www.jeita.or.jp

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