419 scam: "Heineken International Promo Board" <info@heinekenpromo.com> (no subject)

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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:
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
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.
- dispatchdynamicscourier0@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Heineken International Promo Board" <info@heinekenpromo.com>
Reply-To: dispatchdynamicscourier0@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:44:30 +0600 (BDT)
Subject:

From:info@heineken-intlgiveaway.net

Congratulations!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded end of
year final draws of Heineken Manchester Zone A3, UK End of year Promo. The
online Heineken International End of year Promo draw was conducted using
online survey conduct system from about 80,027 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies.However, no tickets were sold but all
email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers and email quote
for representation and privacy.

HOW YOU WON?
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one
of twelve winners in the Second category for the second prize with the
following data:

Ticket Number: 05-4490924-750
E-mail Address Quote: 05032
Amount Won: 385,000.00pounds
SECURED DELIVERY #: HNP/4128

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of
385,000 (THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS) from the
total payout.

To claim your prize amount of 385,000pounds contact the manager of funds
to the courier company (WORLD DISPATCH AGENCY) in charge of the delivery
of your prize amount to you at once via the bellow details;

Claims Representative/Manager of funds: Mr. Alex Peter
E-mail Address: dispatchdynamicscourier0@gmail.com

Send to him the below information for verification

1. Full name and address:
2. Country:
3. Tel and fax number:
4. Age
5. Occupation:
6. Sex
7. Secured delivery #:
8. E-mail Address Quote:
9. Ticket Number:
10. Amount Won:

He will guide you on what you are required to do to enable your prize
delivery commence as soon as possible and also let you know the courier
delivery requirements.Do act as he instructs and act fast to enable the
delivery proceed on time.

Take note that you have to keep all informations about your prize to
yourself for security reasons untill you have finally recieved your total
prize amount.

CONGRATULATIONS
HEINEKEN POSTMASTER

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