419 scam: "Mrs. Carla Andrew"<info@aph.med.sa> [EUROPEAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION PRIZE AWARD]

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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:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
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.
- iskenderhamed@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Carla Andrew" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <iskenderhamed@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 00:05:04 -0700
Subject: [EUROPEAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION PRIZE AWARD]

[EUROPEAN PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION PRIZE AWARD]

Congratulations! The Board of Directors Europe Pacific,Members and staff of the International Awareness Promotion Department of South East Europe Regional Representative are pleased to inform you of the result of Electronic Email Address ballot system of Europe Pacific International Lottery Promotion held in Istanbul,Turkey 2015.All email addresses were selected through a random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over 10 million email addresses from the World Wide Web in which your email address was selected as one of the BEST email addresses,among 10 lucky winners.You are therefore,been approved for a lump sum payout of Five Hundred Thousand Euro Only [€500,000.00]with Reference numbers EUPFIC/475061725/2015 and Batch numbers:ASPFIC/90/4215 To begin your prize claim, You are to email our coordinator in charge below as follows, for further instructions and directives on how to receive your cash prize.

Coordinator: Mr.Iskender Ahamed

Contact Email: iskenderhamed@gmail.com

European Pacific International Lottery Organization

Istanbul Turkey.

Provide him the information below:

1. Name:

2. Address:

5. Age:

6. Gender:

7. Nationality:

8. Country Of Residence:

9. Telephone Number:

Note that all winners prize fund is being insured in such a manner to avoid misappropriation. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your prize remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. Remember, all prize money must be claimed within 30 days from the date of notification. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotional program and keep on trusting EUROPE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION for top quality awards in subsequent years to come.

Announcer!

Mrs Dr. Carla Andrew

President

European Pacific International Lottery Organization

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