419 scam: HEINEKEN COMPANY <promo_heineken@yahoo.co.id> Attention Lucky winner!!!

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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:
- "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)
- "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.
- +2348136760454
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.
- firstbankinfoplc101@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: HEINEKEN COMPANY <promo_heineken@yahoo.co.id>
Reply-To: firstbankinfoplc101@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:57:23 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Attention Lucky winner!!!

HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY
ANTHONIE VAN DIJCKERWEG
11078 AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS
Website: http://www.heineken.nl

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you the result of the annual final draws of Heineken Annual Promo.
The online Heineken Annual Promo draws was conducted by a random selection of E-mail addresses from
an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer (TOPAZ) search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all E-mail
addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

After this automated computer ballot, your E-mail address emerged as one of the Eight (8) lucky winners in
the fourth category for the second prize with the following data:

Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750

You as well as the other winners, are therefore to receive a cash prize of Six Hundred thousand United
States Dollars $600.000..00USD for the total payout.

Your prize award has been insured with your E-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the
requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. Please note that your
lucky winning number falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in
your play coupon and your prize of US$600,000.00 will be released to you from your regional branch office.

To file for your claim, please kindly fill out the claim form below and e-mail it to the paying bank, with the
contact below.

BANK NAME: FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC.
DIRECTOR : Dr. Alex Otti.
TEL : +234-8136-760454
EMAIL : firstbankinfoplc101@gmail.com

Name:......
Age:... .
Sex:...
Date of birth..
Home Address:....
Phone number.. ( code/number)......
E-mail that won....
Occupation.......
Company:.......
Next of Kin:....
Nationality:.....
Country:........

Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this E-mail: Please you are advised to complete the form
and send it immediately to our Processing management via e-mail for prompt collection of your fund.

For security reasons, we advise all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your
claim is processed and your prize released to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

All winnings MUST be claimed before the end of this programme; otherwise all funds will be returned as
Unclaimed and eventually donated to the charity organizations.

Thank you and Accept our congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mr. David Mark
HEINEKEN Games/Lottery Coordinator.
Heineken Gosser Schlossgold
Silva Ciuc Golden Brau

©2011 Copyright Heineken Netherlands N.V. All Rights Reserved.

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