419 scam: fona dani <fona.dani@hotmail.com> (no subject)

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- +66860328096 (Thailand, 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.
- gillbertthomass@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fona dani <fona.dani@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 13:12:06 +0200
Subject:

Hi this is Fjona BIMI from ALbania and 4 weeks ago this message came to my facebook account:Western Canada lottery CorporationCorporate Communications6910-50th AvenuePostal Bag 649 Stettler,AB T0C 2L0Attn: Lucky winner,Your FACEBOOK account has won US$ 1,000,000 (One Million U.S Dollars) in the National Lotto 6/49 lottery draws.The draws was held on Sat, April 27, 2013 Lotto 6/49 in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web FACEBOOK.COM site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personal FACEBOOK accounts.Your FACEBOOK account attached to ticket number: B9564 7560 with tag number 532 009 4545 drew the winning numbers: 9,28,35,36,48,49 Bonus 6. Batch Number: 04/13/MA34 and Reference Number: EAAL/908118308/13.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of U.S.$ 1,000,000.00 in cash credited to file number: EAAL/9080118308/13.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Asian representative's booklet in BANGKOK, THAILAND as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your US$ 1,000,000 Cheque will be released to you by Our Asian Fiduciary Agent, Our Asian Fiduciary Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your Cheque as soon as you contact Dr.Gilbert Thomas office in BANGKOK, THAILAND.To file for your claim, please contact our Asian Fiduciary Agent immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your Cheque.*********************************Asian Agent Contact information is as follow: -Name: Dr.Gilbert ThomasTel: +66-86032-8096EMAIL: gillbertthomass@yahoo.com************************************** Due to possible mix up of some numbers and FACEBOOK contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some of the participants of this program *****..Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program to all that have successfully won this competition and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR AGENT ON HIS EMAIL AS STATED ABOVE.Yours Sincerely,Mrs. Kate RoseCoordinator.When I saw this message I contacted to the person that they recomended to me and I send him some documents :my ID card personal info and my addresses.Mr Gilbert Thomas send me the winner certificate and than told me to cantact to mr NIran Chatchai the worker of the kasikorn bank in bankogk thailand.THis person took the same documents from me encluding the winner certificate and than asked me for fund release order.He told me to contact to Mr Suminara the financial office worker to take the fund release order but this person asked me for some money nearly 1000$.he said that I had to transfert the money to their cashier Mr suphasit Kaswat.He also says that If i dont send them the money they will not give me the fund release order and I will be not able to claim my fond release orde.CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN AND CLEAR THIS THIS THING TO ME BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A SCAM BUT I DONT KNOW AND I AM NOT SURE.I HAVENT SEND THE MONEY TO THEM YET BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.pLEASE GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER AS SOON AS IT IS POSSIBLE.YOURS SINCERELY FJONA BIMI

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