419 scam: "Mrs. Kathie Philmon"<kphilmon@millipiyango.gov.tr> INFORMATION...

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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")
- "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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "fwilliams@administrativos.com" (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: "Mrs. Kathie Philmon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <esclurfain@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:41:29 -0800
Subject: INFORMATION...

MILLIPIYANGO INTERNATIONAL PROMO .
REF: MLI/231-YGN0431/04
BATCH: MIP/15/014/PTNL

RE: FINAL NOTIFICATION

Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 20th of

November 2014. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 6290 with serial number 971102 drew lucky numbers

9-66-97-22-71-64 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum

pay out of US$ 4,000,000. (Four million United States Dollars). Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask

that you keep your winning information very confidential till your claims has been processed and your

prize/money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted

abuse of this program by some participants.

To claim your WON PRIZE, You are to contact our FIDUCIARY AGENT with his contact information stated below, so

that they can send you the claims application form you(A4) which you fill out to expedite the transfer of your

winnings to you the Beneficiary. Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 30th of November, 2014.

After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake.

FIDUCIARY AGENT INFO:
Name: Fred Williams
Email: fwilliams@administrativos.com
Tel: +90 548 873 6676

Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference

number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform

our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note:

Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Kathie Philmon
Lottery Coordinator.
http://www.millipiyango.gov.tr

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