419 scam: "JINPAT Electronic Co., Limited." <info@winner.com> Date : 22 April 2010

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "dr.carlos.santiago@live.hk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "dr.carlos.santiago@live.hk" (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!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447011196814 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "JINPAT Electronic Co., Limited." <info@winner.com>
Reply-To: dr.carlos.santiago@live.hk
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:32:32 -0500
Subject: Date : 22 April 2010

JINPAT Electronic Co., Limited.
park,No.2,Huaxing,RD,Dalang.,
street,Longhua,Shenzhen,..China
Date : 22 April 2010.

:::::::...YEAR 2010 COMPANY E-MAIL AWARDS...:::::::

Dear Email-User,

We at JINPAT Electronic global office likes to officially congratulate you
for the draw that just held by our company which featured you
as the second place winner of our yearly promotions. Our company holds
promotions every new year, based on the
random selection exercise of internet service providers (ISP) and millions of
Super market cash invoices worldwide,Our company
holds awards to promote our global publicity and reputations as we plan to
exploit more corners of the globe with our highly
valued product line. This promotion is just one of various ways we are
presently using to achieve this global vision of ours.
In short words we call it "Giving back to the society what they have given us"

Your email address with MICROS ID ( VDT-0484-JND-870US-2PW ) was luckily
drawn to be this year's second place winner of a
Brand New Toyota camry and a cash prize of $870,000 United States Dollars.This
money and gift we believe will enable you make
some impact in the society and possibly invest in our company in the near
future.

Prizes won : Toyota camry and $870,000USD cash
Your Micros ID is : VDT-0484-JND-870US-2PW

Contact company Agent Dr.Carlos Santiago also responsible for your claims who
is our claims official in Europe..United Kingdom and can
understand your english and some european languages. Your Qualification number
is: (VDT-0484-JND-870US-2PW)

________REMITTANCE CONTACT________
Name : Dr.Carlos Santiago
Email : dr.carlos.santiago@live.hk
Phone Number: +447011196814
Address : 39 Building park, London. United Kingdom

When contacting the claims agent you should include the following if you must
get a response from him;
_________________________________________________
*** Your Full Name
*** Your Address
*** Your Country
*** Your Phone number
*** Your Age(Date of birth)
*** Your Gender(Male or Female)
*** Your present Occupation
*** Your Micros ID
________________________________________________

We await your response.We know you must be excited,skeptic and very happy
about this news you have just received from us and the truth
is that we are doing this to put smiles into homes and hearts of people
worldwide.The only thing you will need to pay to this company
is to kindly place our company logo on the Toyota camry car that you have just
won for a minimum of 5months.

Special greetings from the entire family of JINPAT Electronic Co., Limited.
Signed,
Mrs. Jessie-Anne Grell Malten (Sec.announcer)

_______________________________________________________
Note: All funds should be claimed by their respective beneficiaries,not later
that 7 days after notification.And should send contact Dr.Carlos Santiago with
their properly filled form and send e-mail to this address;
dr.carlos.santiago@live.hk

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