419 scam: "2010 Etisalat Satellite Communication"<lnfo@esc.com> Congratulation {Etisalat-Mobile Promotions}

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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:
- "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)
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.
- 2010etisalatmobile@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "2010 Etisalat Satellite Communication" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <2010etisalatmobile@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:26:43 +0100
Subject: Congratulation {Etisalat-Mobile Promotions}

2010 Etisalat Satellite Communication
worldwide Online Promotion
United Kingdom (Customer Services)
Ref: NG/9420X2/68
Batch: 089/099/YV897 WINNING

Etisalat-Mobile is the foremost cellular network provider in the UAE, we have been in the industry of providing this service in the Middle east and Europe for the past 40 years.
Etisalat-Mobile is expanding its operations for the first time from Middle east to Africa and South Africa is our first port of call.

Taking into cognizance the fact that Etisalat-Mobile knows that we have to sensitize the WORLD about our operations, Etisalat-Moible has selected E-mail addresses at random from Microsoft and drew them in the first Etisalat-Mobile E-mail random lottery draw of United Kingdom with a prize money of Five Hundred Thousand Pounds (500,000GBP) for each Lucky winners WORLDWIDE.

Our operations will commence fully in United Kingdom in September 2010 and if you are finally a lucky winner, we congratulate you.

Please contact our Lottery Payout Division, (Mark Boodie) if youare contacted as a lucky winner. Please note that terms and conditions apply.

In view of this, your 500,000.00GPB would be released to you by any of our payment offices. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

See link for previous winners: http://www.eyeofdubai.com/v1/news/newsdetail-34813.htm

To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent Mr. Mark Stevens with the following information for your claims.
Email: 2010etisalatmobile@gmail.com
NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION
COUNTRY:

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Congrats!!! Once Again
Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Alfred
Promo Manager

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