419 scam: "Coord. de Saude Indigena/SOS" <saudeindigena@saude.mg.gov.br> Your cash prize of=?ISO-8859-1?Q?_=A34?=,000,000,00. (Four Million Great Britis

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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:
- ",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)
- "opec_pro2010@admin.in.th" (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: "Coord. de Saude Indigena/SOS" <saudeindigena@saude.mg.gov.br>
Reply-To: opec_pro2010@admin.in.th
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:24:17 -0300
Subject: Your cash prize of=?ISO-8859-1?Q?_=A34?=,000,000,00. (Four Million Great British Pound Sterling)

52 Oxford Street,
West East,London. W21HB
England.

Attention Beneficiary,

The Officials of International Awareness Promotion Department of the
ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES,(OPEC) wishes to congratulate
you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this year OPEC International
Awareness Promotion (OIAP) held.This makes you the proud owner of the cash
prize of £4,000,000,00. (Four Million Great British Pound Sterling).The
selection process was carried out through random selection in our
Computerized EDB/EMAIL Selection System (EDB/E.S.S.) from a database of over
a million EDB EMAIL from the Oil Producing Countries. Each EDB/E.S.S. was
attached to a ticket number and your number with ticket number: C55T24 and
serial number: CT/556543450906 was randomly selected as the star prize winner
amongst other consolation prize winners.For you to collect your prizes,
kindly fill the verification form below and send it to our claims department
through this contact

Name: Mr. Richard Williams
E-mail: opec_pro2010@admin.in.th

stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you
assistance to facilitate the urgent payment of your winning fund. You are
required to send your personal details as listed below for verification and
authentication purposes.

VERIFICATION FORM
FULL NAME:
AGE:
NATIONALITY:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
FULL ADDRESS:
PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION/POSITION:
COMPANY:
TICKET NUMBER:
SERIAL NUMBER:
NAME OF NEXT OF KIN
ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN

Congratulations once more, and keep trusting in us.

Mrs Kimberly Mustapha
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC)

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