419 scam: "NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO ORGANIZER 2014"<purchase@mcbalangroup.com> You Won $500,000.00!

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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:
- "fiduciary 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)
- "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)
- "mrsjanederek@e-mail.ua" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "mrsjanederek@e-mail.ua" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO ORGANIZER 2014" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsjanederek@e-mail.ua>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:42:23 -0600
Subject: You Won $500,000.00!

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
================================================================================================================
Camelot, United Kingdom.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

BATCH REF: JANUARY/2014/AA

This is to inform you that you won a prize money of Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars [USD $500,000.00] for the 2014 International E-mail
Draw Awards, organized by National Lottery (NL).

NL collects all the email addresses of people who are active on the
Internet , between the millions of people that subscribed to Yahoo,
Hotmail, AOL, Walla, Gmail, mail.Cz, American Mail, Mail Russian, Indian
Mail, Arabic Mail, Italian mails, and only few from other e-mail
providers. Six people are selected each year take advantage of this offer
and you are one of the selected winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

The winners will be paid in accordance with the Settlement Center. The National Lottery
awards must be claimed no later than 15 days from the date of notification
Draw. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Listed below is your identification number:

REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/341220X/A78

These figures, which fall within the London Location file [LLF], you are
asked to contact our fiduciary agent in England [Mrs Jane Derek] on the
details below and send your winning numbers to her;

Agent Name:Mrs Jane Derek
E-Mail: mrsjanederek@e-mail.ua

Lottery winners form of payment requests.
Full Name .................................................
Date of Birth ..................................
ADDRESS ................................................. .
SEX .........................
AGE ..................................
State ............. ...............................
Occupation ...........................................
TELEPHONE ..........................................
EMAIL ......................... ........................

The winner of reference / batch No ........................... Approved
For Transfer.

They begin a process that will allow the release of funds to you.

ATTENTION: Your reply and the information should be send to MRS JANE DEREK
EMAIL. (mrsjanederek@e-mail.ua)

Congratulations! again.AND Happy New Year!!

Best Regards,
Dr. (Mrs.) Olivia Charles
(NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO ORGANIZER 2014)

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