419 scam: "Compensation Lottery Promoters"<delia@fecomercioba.com.br> Attention: Winner on Compensation Lottery Promotion

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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 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- hartleroy.private@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Compensation Lottery Promoters" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hartleroy.private@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 15:36:47 -0500
Subject: Attention: Winner on Compensation Lottery Promotion

Attn: Winner

I am writing to inform you about the release and payment of your
Lottery compensation winning prize ATM card worth $1.500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollar) conducted on the 05/16/2015 by the United Nations, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Organizations through a random selection of email addresses for this year 2015 compensation Lottery Promotion Program, Please be inform that your email address alongside other 2999 email addresses has emerged winners in this year compensation Lottery Promotion Program.

Therefore, Your ATM card has been delivered to Mr Hart Leroy for
activation after the draw was conducted since on the 05/18/2015 only waiting for your response to effect the delivery of ATM card to your house address, kindly contact Mr Hart Leroy fill and return to him the below information's for proper verification and documentation to avoid wrong delivery to another address or person during delivery process immediately after the activation of your ATM card.

Contact Name: Mr Hart Leroy
Email Address: hartleroy.private@gmail.com

1. Your Full Name:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Gender/Sex:
7. Age:
8. Nationality:
9. Country:

Note: You can use the tracking number with the tracking site below to track your ATM Card to be sure it has been delivered to Mr Hart Leroy for activation since on the 18th May,2015 through UPS company.

UPS Tracking number: 1z2876490390947593
UPS tracking site: http://wwwapps.ups.com/ WebTracking/track

Congratulations!!!

Thank You,

Ms Carman Lapointe.
( Compensation Lottery Promotion Director)

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