419 scam: "megamillionclaimsdept@live.co.uk" <megamillionclaimsdept@live.co.uk> MEGA MILLION JACKPOT LOTTERY 2011 EMAIL AWARD

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- "million us dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "megamillionclaimsdept@live.co.uk" (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.
- 00447017004717

Fraud email example:

From: "megamillionclaimsdept@live.co.uk" <megamillionclaimsdept@live.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:47:12 -0500
Subject: MEGA MILLION JACKPOT LOTTERY 2011 EMAIL AWARD

Award promotion’ coordinator
Mega millions lottery Award Division
Great Ormond Street LondonWC1
United Kingdom.

RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Winner No 7
We are pleased to inform you that you have announced as the seventh lucky winner of our MEGA MILLIONS’ JACKPOT LOTTERY PROGRAMME 2010.your company or your personal email address is attached to the winning number (7) with batch number MML89705lotto number MML65812 and the WINNING NUMBER MML 43668.
Therefore you have been approved lump sums payout of $5,000,000USD (FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in cash and have been credited To Ref Payment NO 89680MM.this is from a total prize money of $50 MILLION US DOLLARS, shared among the (10) international winner in this 2010 Lottery program me.
To claim your prize, you are to contact the overseas Global Claims Agent (Abel Clifford) of United Kingdom payment division. Below is his contact information.
Contact Email: megamillionclaimsdept@live.co.uk
Tel: 004470170047175
To claim your prize, you are required to forward your personal details below for further proceedings, to the email address above
(1) Full name……………………………. (2)Nationality……………………………..?(3) current location (4)age………........................(5)Contact Phone Number……………………………(6) occupation
Note: For security reason you are advised to keep your winning information confidential (away from public) until your prize money is remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol, in other to avoid double claiming &unwarranted taken advantage of this program by Un official personnel.
Sincerely
Dr Richard C. Martins
Co-coordinator
Mega Millions Jackpot

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