419 scam: "admin" <admin@czyz.ca> Lucky winner!!!

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "cashier's check" (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 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.
- mrjohntineryes@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "admin" <admin@czyz.ca>
Reply-To: <mrjohntineryes@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:59:44 -0500
Subject: Lucky winner!!!

Attention !!!

My Name is Agent Dr John Tiner.I am the director United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) UNDP is a charity organization that help Retired,Unemployed, Worker's, Disable, Young, Old , Deaf, among the millions that subscribed to Facebook around the world,we selected 166 people yearly as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying since all of your details is in our database,and your name has won.Your name was picked randomly as one of the winners of the month.This money given by the UNDP is not a loan, it's for you and it is in conjuction with IMF(International Monetary Fund, United Nations Development Programme & Facebook) to help the less priviledge and you have emerged as one of our yearly winners.

This is in conjuction with facebook becasue UNDP uses thier database to pick winners and encourage people to make use of facebook worldwide so you are one of the lucky winners who won from the lottery via facebook database which was randomly selected.You are among the 166 people that won the star prize.Your Name and E-mail was drawn electronically from facebook data and you are being picked randomly as one of the star winners. We will need to re-confirm some information before we can deliver your winnings to you in your home, the winnings will be delivered in from of Cashier's Check to you as soon as the information required are duly filled.

AGENT : Dr John Tiner
EMAIL 2: (mrjohntineryes@gmail.com)

Your funds is worth Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($950,000.00) is in form of a Cashier's check which will be delivered to your address via a diplomatic delivery company to your address via express diplomatic delivery which get to your address within 72 hours only.

Claims Requirements: To claim you will need to fill this form to avoid double claiming so that we can locate your destination when the diplomatic delivery company is delivering your Cashier's Check and this is completely genuine and attached below is your winning documents for your verifications.

However,some of your details here with us is below and i want you to confirm if all information's is correct to the best of your knowledge and make sure you get back to me with immediate effect for your winnings and congratulations.

Regards
Agent Dr John Tiner

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