419 scam: "China Gloria (Beijing) Limited (Promotion) 2010"<helpdesk@speakeasy.net> OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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)
- "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.
- lottery_claims101@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "China Gloria (Beijing) Limited (Promotion) 2010" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lottery_claims101@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:05:15 +0800
Subject: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

China Gloria (Beijing) Limited (Promotion) 2010
Address: No.71,Jianguo Road,
Chaoyang District,Beijing,P.R.China.
www.chinagloria..com
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Dear Lucky Winner,

As part of showing gratitude to the Chinese Government, the Europeans Nations, Asian counterpart and Americans people our appreciation for providing a very conducive business atmosphere for us, we (China Gloria (Beijing) Limited (Promotion)) have decided to be an innovative organisation with a passion for changing lives in the China as well as very few citizens from other countries all over the world. This was made possible through the newly introduced e-mail welfare scheme.

In this newly introduced e-mail welfare scheme, you do not have to
purchase a ticket to participate. E-mail addresses are randomly selected
from the world wide web and entered into draws on behalf of the
e-mail account owners.Subsequently, e-mail addresses that emerged
beneficiary are notified via the said email account.

We gladly announce to you that the results of the just concluded e-mail
address ballot program held by China Gloria (Beijing) Ltd (Promotion) Welfare Scheme is out. Your email account have been picked as a beneficiary for a lump sum pay out of Eght Hundred Thousand united state Dollars ($800,000.00 USD) credited to file REF NO.REF:ORG/77-CN0802722009. You are to contact our claims agent immediately for validation:Her name and email address is given below:

Contact Person:Frank Yanan
E-mail: lottery_claims101@yahoo.com.cn

PLEASE COMPLETE THE CLAIMS FORM BELOW AND SEND TO OUR CLAIMS Agent (Mrs Helen Yan) WHOSE NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS IS ALREADY GIVEN ABOVE.

1. FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
4. PHONE/FAX NUMBERS:
5. NAME AND ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:
6. SEX:
7. OCCUPATION:
8. MARITAL STATUS:
9. NATIONALITY:

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Mrs. Cynthia Ruytinx.
Online Coordinator.
www.chinagloria.com

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