419 scam: "Dr Patrick Treanor"<primeiddtt1123@yahoo.cn> Congratulations on your selection.

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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.
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: "Dr Patrick Treanor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <primeidt123@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:18:27 -0000
Subject: Congratulations on your selection.

The EU Investment Lottery Commission
101 Wigmore Street
Dublin 4
Dublin
Republic of Ireland

Reference number EUIL 325-35-707
Batch number 915-15-54-38

Dear Winner,

Notification of E-mail Promotion Program Lottery Winning

We are glad to inform you that your E-mail address appears as the confirmed winner of our last email lottery program held on the 25th January 2011. Your e-mail address attached to Reference number EUIL 325-35-707 and Batch number 915-15-54-38, which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of €2,500.000.00 Euros (Two Million and Five Hundred Thousand Euros only).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
This promotional program takes place every year. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000 companies and 50,000, 000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence. We ask that you should keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you.

To file for your claim or for further details please contact this office as soon as you read this mail.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Please provide the information by completing the form below and return same by email as soon as possible. This will enable us commence the transfer process with our bankers.

Full Name:
Home Address:
Country:
Telephone (Home)/ Mobile:
Fax (Private or Office):
Email Address:
Occupation:
Marital Status:

I.............................hereby declare that the above information are true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr Patrick Treanor
(Lottery Coordinator)

Clearance Office.

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