419 scam: Powerball Lottery Award <info@mail.com> DEAR EMAIL ADDRESS 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:
- "fiduciary 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)
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.
- +447011163058 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- remittance.unitmana@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Powerball Lottery Award <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: remittance.unitmana@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:21:19 +0400
Subject: DEAR EMAIL ADDRESS OWNER

Powerball Lottery Promotion,
11 Baker street,mill road,
Nl70,London
REF:315116127/27
BATCH:15/623/UK.

Congratulation!!!!

My name is Lillian Smith (Mrs.),i have been asked to inform you that you
have been awarded (£1000,000.00 GBP)One Million Great Britain Pounds
In the out going power ball lottery end of year final draw held in LONDON.We
expect that you will take action to claim your winnings your advise you contact
Mr.Mark Rolland who is the person in charge on the ongoing lotterypromotion in
London kindly contact him via email so that he can provide you the
awardprocedure.

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized
email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it
later. Power ball Lottery promotion is one of the largest Internet Lottery
companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most
widely used program, Powerball promotion,s are running an e-mail bet
POWER7263-267 and drew the lucky numbers
14-22-28-37-40-44 which subsequently won you (£1000,000.00 GBP) One Million
Great Britain Pounds

==========================================
(Receipt Official Notification Letter).
==========================================
1. Full Name...............
2. Country..................
3. Contact Address.......
4. Telephone Number....
5. Fax Number.............
6. Marital Status..........
7. Occupation.............
8. Age......................
9. Sex......................

You advise to contact your fiduciary agent via email so that he can
provide you with more details.Also you are to
indicate "X" for the option you want your prize remitted to you.
(1) BY COURIER DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE: ... [.....]
(2) BANK PAYMENT TRANSFER ONLINE ACCOUNT TRANSFER........ [.....]

CONTACT DETAIL:
NAME: Mr. Mark Rolland
Phone Number:+44-701-116-3058
EMAIL:remittance.unitmana@gmail.com

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