419 scam: "GUINNESS PLC UK"<guinnesspromo@inebraska.com> CONGRAT YOUR EMAIL ID SELECTED

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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:
- ",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)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
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: "GUINNESS PLC UK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <guinness.claimdepartment@brew-meister.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:23:56 +0530
Subject: CONGRAT YOUR EMAIL ID SELECTED

GUINNESS HOUSE
HOUGHTON STREET ,LONDON,
WC2A 2AE, UNITED KINGDOM.

GUINNESS STOUT 250 YEARS ANNIVERSARY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS 2015.

Attention: Lucky Beneficiary

We are pleased to inform you of the result of this Year 2015 anniversary draws held on the month of JUNE 2015 by GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT Worldwide Anniversary Promotion, your email was among the 5 lucky winners who won GBP (One Million Great British Pounds) £1,000,000.00 each on the GUINNESS COMPANY, along with other consolation prizes like, cap, t-shirt, souvenir, laptop etc.

However, the results were released TODAY and your email was attached to ticket number (GUI45856CS89) and ballot number (BN: 6220914657/HBZ-T). The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 250,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies, picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

In other to claim your GBP £1,000,000.00 winning prize, which have been deposited in a designated Finance firm here in United Kingdom, However you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of Guinness Worldwide Anniversary Awareness Lottery Promotion for verification and then you will be directed on how you can claim your won prize as it has already been deposited in your favor.

NAMES:
AGE:
SEX:
MARITAL STATUS:
HOME ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
MOBILE PHONE:
OCCUPATION:

Completely fill the form above and send it immediately to our promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund using the contact details below:

CONTACT:
Name: Sir. Dave Dawes
(PROMOTION MANAGER)
EMAIL: ID: guinness.claimdepartment@brew-meister.com

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Alma Hyman.
(Secretary)

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