419 scam: " Jean-Claude Juncker"<divinouno936@gmail.com> KINDLY READ THIS VERY IMPORTANT

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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:
- "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "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!

Fraud email example:

From: " Jean-Claude Juncker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <europe2015@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 02:44:43 +0200
Subject: KINDLY READ THIS VERY IMPORTANT

Attn: Mr./Mrs,
In line with the present reformed international payment transparent initiative of the World Bank in group efforts with the US Department of Justice, the International Monetary funds through the European Union has approved $10,000,000.00 (ten million dollars) payout in your favor after duly verified every unpaid contract funds, inheritance funds, Lotto winnings, Scam Victims compensation fund, and other related payments. The European Union (EU) is a union of twenty-eight independent states based on the European Communities and founded to enhance political, economic and social co-operation.
Based on this memo, we write to apprise you that our paying bank is obliged to provide you with ATM Visa Debit Card loaded with the aforementioned financial instrument. This is an international payment card issued in partnership with Visa Card Worldwide. It is accepted at millions of merchant
locations and ATMs worldwide, where there is the Visa Card logo.To speedy the processing of your ATM Card, you are required to urgently file an application and provide your contact details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and releasing of your atm card. The information you are to fill and forward to us includes:
1. Your full names:................
2. Phone number: ..................
3. Occupation: ....................
4. Gender: ........................
5. Age: ...........................
6. Address: .......................
7. Country: .......................
We congratulate you! Remember, all-payments must be claimed on or before three weeks from the date of this publication.
Any payment NOT claimed within this period will be forfeit. You are further reminded to keep this notice strictly confidential to yourself until your claim is proceed and released to you. This is part of our security protocols to avoid double claims and unwarrantable abuse of this lottery program.
Sincerely,
Jean-Claude Juncker
President, European Commission

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