419 scam: "Mr Jan Eliasson"<info@lee.com> 2015 Annual Lottery Draw World Promotion Program.

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- barrister.duke121@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Jan Eliasson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrister.duke121@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 14:47:09 -0400
Subject: 2015 Annual Lottery Draw World Promotion Program.

>From The Office Of Mr Jan Eliasson
Deputy Secretary-General United Nations/
2015 Annual Lottery Draw World Promotion Program.

Winning Notification.

We want to officially inform you that you have emerged a winner in
this March 2015 Annual Lottery Draw World Promotion Program conducted
by the United Nations Organization, All the qualifiers were randomly
selected emails addresses from domain website found in our database
enabled and powered by computer generated draw system.

Therefore, United Nations Organization after the lottery draw has
awarded you a cash prize of US$3,200,000.00 [Three Million, Two
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars] for participating in focus
groups, completing simple online surveys and using the internet both
indoors and in your office[s],Your winning prize is converted in the
form of ATM CARD for security reasons and this card will be deliver to
your house address.

Meanwhile, Your email address along side others around the globe as
the category'B'emerged winners in the March 2015 Annual Lottery Draw
World Promotion Program and please find below your winning
information's to which you will use to make claim as soon as you
contact the payment department also make sure your winning
information's are kept safe for without it your claim becomes invalid.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claim and
abuse of this program.

Your Ticket No: TC-20325004
Lucky No: 4869748592
Batch No: 105/NJ/020-06
serial No: 011-055

kindly contact payment department with the following information's as
listed below for claim:

Contact Person's Name: Mr. Paul Duke
Contact E-mail Address: barrister.duke121@gmail.com

(1) Your Full Name:----------------
(2) City/Country:------------------
(3) Telephone No:------------------
(4) Mailing Address:---------------
(5) Occupation:--------------------
(6) Age:---------------------------
(7) Sex:---------------------------
(8) Delivery Address:--------------

Congratulations!!!

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Jan Eliasson
(Promotion Manager)

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