419 scam: "Petronas International Corporation Ltd"<petorp@aol.com> PRIZE REDEMPTION CENTER.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",500,000" (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.
- petcorp@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Petronas International Corporation Ltd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <petcorp@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:58:50 +0800
Subject: PRIZE REDEMPTION CENTER.

Petronas International Corporation Ltd
ZI Labuan Trust Company Sdn Bhd,
Unit Level 13 (E),
Main Office Tower,
Financial Park Labuan, Jalan Merdeka,
87000 Federal Territory Labuan,
Malaysia

Petronas International Corporation Ltd subsidiary of Malaysian oil and gas multinational Petroliam Nasional Berhad wishes to announce the result of its 2011 Draws Held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The results of the draw indicates that You are one of the Lucky winners among 35 lucky winners who were being chosen from the 35 countries worldwide where PETRONAS is located. You are therefore entitled to a Total payout of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($1,500,000.00USD) in cash in this category.

The Draw was performed through a secured automated powered ballot where over 50,000 email addresses from all over 35 countries were being collected for the draw.

The following are your winning Information which earned you the prize in the promotion.These details are to be kept confidential, your claims agent is the only authorized person you are required to disclose these information to for processing:

FILE NUMBER ------------------ UK1007
TICKET NUMBER ------------------21021985,
WINNING NUMBERS ------------------ 02210282
RAFFLE DRAW NUMBERS ------------------1985-21
SECURITY NUMBER ------------------------- 2185

As soon as you receive this notification, you are required to contact your claims agent through the details below for more information regarding claiming your prize.

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Petronas International Corporation Ltd
Main Office Tower,
Financial Park Labuan, Jalan Merdeka,
87000 Federal Territory Labuan,
Malaysia
TEL: +60166986285
EMAIL: petcorp@aol.com
MR. Shwan Jefferson.
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We congratulate you once again on your winning as we hope that you would take the time to Patronize us in the near future to have a taste of our Exquisite brands of products.

Yours Truly,
Mrs.Sun Young Park.
Online coordinator

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