419 scam: "EXXON MOBIL MALAYSIA"<krissi@kozmail.com> AMOUNT WON: $500,000.00 USD.

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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")
- "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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "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.
- hmcustomer.dept81@kimo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EXXON MOBIL MALAYSIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hmcustomer.dept81@kimo.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:04:58 +0800
Subject: AMOUNT WON: $500,000.00 USD.

EXXON MOBIL MALAYSIA!
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT/2010
G.03B, Ground Floor
1½ Miles, Jalan Pantai
71009 Port Dickson
Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus
Malaysia.
Amount Won:$500,000.00 USD.
Ref No.17/324/113
Verification Number (EM-389-6373)

The Board of Directors, Members and staff of EXXON MOBIL ONLINE AWARD
TEAM wish to formally inform and congratulate you on the result of the EXXON
MOBIL AWARD 2010,which was conducted on Wednesday 11th December 2010 from an
exclusive list of 1,000.000 email addresses of individual and corporate bodies
selected by an advanced automated random computer ballot system from the internet.
Your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "A".

You are therefore entitled to receive a cash prize of $500,000.00. (Five Hundred,Thousand
United State Dollars) To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you
are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category
"A" winners with the information below:

*************************************
Mr.Shaffie Bin Hassan
Tel: +60149417963
+60149418091
e-MAIL: hmcustomer.dept81@kimo.com
*************************************

You are advice to provide him with the following information for vetting process
which is a standard practice just to ensure that we are dealing with the right
individual.

Names:.................................
Telephone/Fax number:..........
Home Address:.......................
Nationality:...........................
Age:.....................................
Sex:......................................
Winning Email:.......................
Verification Number:...............

NOTE: Ensure to quote your Reference Numbers and Verification Number in your communication with your
claims agent. All winnings must be Claimed not later than seven working days,
thereafter unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.

Sincerely Yours,

Mrs.Nadia Mohd Raffik
Award Presenter/ Coordinator.
Exxon Mobil Malaysia.

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