419 scam: "SEASONAL PROMOTION!"<marketing@mail.precisaoformaturas.com.br> CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON $600,000.00USD FROM THE HEINEKEN COMPANY SEASONAL

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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:
- "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)
- "foreignoperationsl@uk-halifax.org" (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: "SEASONAL PROMOTION!" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <foreignoperationsl@uk-halifax.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 05:31:55 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON $600,000.00USD FROM THE HEINEKEN COMPANY SEASONAL PROMOTION!!

HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY
ANTHONIE VAN DIJCKERWEG
11078 AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS

Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750

THE HEINEKEN COMPANY SEASONAL PROMOTION!

ATTENTION: WINNER,

We are delighted to inform you the result of the annual final draws of Heineken Bottling Company Promo 2010.

The online Heineken Annual Promo draws was conducted by a random selection of E-mail addresses from an exclusive
list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random
computer (TOPAZ) search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all E-mail addresses were assigned
to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

After this automated computer ballot, your E-mail address emerged as one of the Eight (8) lucky winners in the
fourth category for the second prize with the following data:

Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750

You as well as the other winners, are therefore to receive a cash prize of Six Hundred United States Dollars
$600.000..00USD for the total payout.Your prize award has been insured with your E-mail address and will be

transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory

report. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Africa representative office in Amsterdam,

Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$600,000.00 will be released to you from your regional

branch office in London.

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM: Simply contact our PAYING BANK HALIFAX BANK PLC LONDON.
BANK NAME:HALIFAX BANK PLC LONDON
CONTACT PERSON: MR PAUL ANDERSON
E-mail: foreignoperationsl@uk-halifax.org

Please quote your reference, batch and ticket number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification

as well as your

Full Name:

Full Address:

Telephone number:

Winning E-Mail:

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is

processed and your prize released to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

Thank you and Accept our congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Brown Mark
Heineken Games/Lottery Coordinator.

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