419 scam: "HERITAGE ALLIANCE PROGRAME"<heritage_alliance@asia.com> HERITAGE ALLIANCE PROGRAME.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- ",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 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.
- +8615363574482 (China, probably a mobile phone)
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.
- audit_ccb@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- bank guangdong provincial branch guangzhou,china. email: audit_ccb@accountant.com or remittancedept_ccb@126.com tel+86-15363574482 (Accountant; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "HERITAGE ALLIANCE PROGRAME" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:07:44 +0800
Subject: HERITAGE ALLIANCE PROGRAME.

HERITAGE ALLIANCE PROGRAME
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION SECTION
PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION
03.2/F GD INT'L HOTEL 339
EAST HUANSHI RD SHANGHAI CHINA

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the WORLD
HERITAGE LOTTERY PROMOTION held on 11th December 2011 in Shanghai
Stadium China. Your email address emerged along side with the nine others as a
category of winners in this year's Annual free lottery draw. All 10 winning
email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international
emails. You have therefore been approved to claim a total cash sum of US$150,000.00
(One Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars).
WORLD HERITAGE PROMOTION FREE LOTTERY DRAW are proudly sponsored by
these famous companies:Coca Cola,Kia Motors,Nokia,Toyota, Toshiba, Dell &
Lenovo computers,specially in China.We are proud to say that US$5,000,000.00
(Five Million United States Dollars) are been won annually in more than 152
countries world wide. The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

i) Winning Numbers: FL/371/-4385/6711/UK
ii) Email Ticket Number: FL/754/22/76/UK
iii) Lotto code Number: FL/096/22/UK
iv) File Ref Number: FL/0473/6207/152/UK
To file your claims of US$150,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars), you have to fill the below information completely and submit to the payee bank mentioned below immediately for claim.
Your Surname................................................
Your First/Middle Names.................................
Your Nationality.... Your Present Address.........
Your Sex Gender..............Your Age.................
Your Occupation...............................................
Your Tel num....................................................
Your Scan copy of identity.......................................

Telex Transfer Section
China Construction Bank
Guangdong Provincial Branch
Guangzhou,China.
Email: audit_ccb@accountant.com or remittancedept_ccb@126.com
Tel+86-15363574482
Fax:+86-20-34158442
Mr Stephen Nenfu

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the WORLD HERITAGE LOTTERY PROGRAME Association Draw Promotion, kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Sincerely,
Chen Shan.
Promotions Manager

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