419 scam: "Pepsi Online Promotion"<pepsiprocenter@gmx.com> Dear Email Owner

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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)
- "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)
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.
- pepsiprocessingcenter@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Pepsi Online Promotion" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pepsiprocessingcenter@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:50:05 +0900
Subject: Dear Email Owner

PEPSI BOTTLING COMPANY.
#14 Cruze Row London,
DX LDE 17 WC1R 4BU
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IZP
Winning number:PL/09788/60

Congratulations winner.

The Board of Directors and the International Promotion Department of Pepsi Bottling Company in conjunction with the Euromillions Intl wishes to congratulate you on your success for being one of our NCSP (NEWYEAR CRISIS SOLUTION PROMO) program. This notice will come to you as a surprise, The results of the 2011 electronic online email sweepstakes is out, and your email ID won One Million Great Britain Pound Sterlings (1,000,000.00) in category 2a.

This is a program aimed to help families with the current Global crisis and aimed also at encouraging Internet users, hence no ticket sold. We request you pay attention to this notice and follow, the procedures to claim your prize.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR WON PRIZE
However, to claim your prize, you need to be acquainted with some policies that govern the lottery programs. You will also receive a lottery winner¡¯s form (as soon as you respond to this mail by sending your particulars below to the claim/processing manager) with which you are expected to provide the necessary details we need about you to file up your name for payment. You are required to reply to this email within 48 hours after receipt of this e-mail or forfeit the chance to claim your prize.

Note: All winnings must be claimed before the end of the month ;otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. A document that highlights the policies and methods of payment will be delivered to you pending your reply to this e-mail.

Once again, we say Congratulations on your win! We hope that you make the best of this opportunity.

NB: Below is your particulars of winning which you are to send to the claim /processing manager to file your name for payment in person of:

Name ...Mr Peter Schlaak
Email.. pepsiprocessingcenter@gmail.com
Ref. number.......................XYL /26510460037/05
Batch number.....................24/00319/IZP
Winning number...................PL/09788/60

For securities reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential until your claim is process and your prize released to you due to much double claiming we encountered last season. This is part of our securities protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program of non-participant and unofficial personnel.

Miss. Susan Wilson
Pepsi Online Co-ordinator.

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