419 scam: "GUINNESS PROMO LOTTERY AWARD" <foreign-paymendepartment@englandmail.com> CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED

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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:
- ",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)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- 00447031817619
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.
- dawes@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GUINNESS PROMO LOTTERY AWARD" <foreign-paymendepartment@englandmail.com>
Reply-To: dawes@europe.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 02:05:53 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED

GUINNESS
GUINNESS HOUSE
HOUGHTON STREET ,LONDON,
WC2A 2AE, UNITED KINGDOM.
GUINNESS STOUT 250 YEARS ANNIVERSARY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS 2013.

Attention: Lucky Beneficiary
We are pleased to inform you of the result of this Year 2013 anniversary draws held on the Month of JUNE 2013 by
GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT Worldwide Anniversary Promotion, your email was among the 5 lucky winners who won GBP (One
Million Great British Pounds) £1,000,000.00 each on the GUINNESS COMPANY, along with other consolation prizes like,
cap, t-shirt, souvenir, laptop etc. However, the results were released on 03th of JUNE 2013 and your email was
attached to ticket number (GUI45856CS89) and ballot number (BN: 6220914657/HBZ-T). The online draws was conducted by a
random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 250,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
bodies, picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but
all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

In other to claim your GBP £1,000,000.00 winning prize, which have been deposited in a designated Finance firm here in
United Kingdom, However you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of Guinness
Worldwide Anniversary Awareness Lottery Promotion for verification and then you will be directed on how you can claim
your won prize as it has already been deposited in your favor.

NAMES: ___________________________________AGE: _______________________________
SEX: ____________________________MARITAL STATUS: ___________________________________
HOME ADDRESS: _________________________________________COUNTRY:________________ MOBILE PHONE:
_________________________________OCCUPATION:____________________

Completely fill the form above and send it immediately to our promotion manager through email for prompt collection of
your fund using the contact details below:

CONTACT:
Name: Sir. Dave Dawes (PROMOTION MANAGER)
EMAIL: ID: dawes@europe.com / Telephone: 00447031817619

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Alma Hyman.
(Secretary)
NOTE: Do not reply to this e-mail, you are to contact the promotial manager Sir.Dave Dawes with the information given
to you and keep your winnings ticket & ballot numbers (GUI45856CS89) and ballot number (BN: 6220914657/HBZ-T).
confidential. Do not give anybody your winning detail OR
tell anyone to avoid lost of winnings claims. You don't have to purchase a ticket to enter this lottery. It’s a free
email draw.
Guinness Award Manager.
Copyright © 2013 {Guinness Anniversary Lottery Promo}.

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