419 scam: atlantageorgia.emaillotto.promo@usa.com <atlantageorgia.emaillotto.promo@usa.com> CONGRATULATIONS BENEFICIARY

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
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.
- atlantageorgia.emaillotto.promo@usa.com (Outblaze.com, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: atlantageorgia.emaillotto.promo@usa.com <atlantageorgia.emaillotto.promo@usa.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:28:33 -0600
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS BENEFICIARY

ATLANTA GEORGIA, U.S.A EMAIL LOTTO (NOV/DEC) 2015 REF: EMAIL6/315116127/27 BATCH: 35/663/ATL. Registered Lottery No 010564 The JOINT ELECTRONIC MAIL! 2015 Promotional draws was organized by a joint effort of mail domains in United States, Belize, Philippines, Australia and other countries in view of the Financial benefits we have received from its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal emails for the first quoter of 2015. It is also important that I inform you that there was no sales of tickets as the draws was conducted by assigning various Individual email addresses to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy and that was how your email, won for you the ongoing Joint Electronic mail online draw. katracharles: I wish to assure you, that since you have such notification, and after re-verification from our Office, i wish to inform you that you are one of our Winner. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 863734657492-530-9 with serial number 7003-267, batch number 72547867137 which drew lucky numbers 10-27-29-35-40-44 which consequently won you the sum of One Million, two hundred thousand United States Dollars(1,200,000.00USD) in the 1st category. However, we clearly stated out in our lottery terms and condition various modality which those who emerged lucky winners are to use in collecting their prize money. N.B CONTACT US FOR IDENTIFICATION AND CLAIMS OF CASH PRICE THROUGH THIS EMAIL (atlantageorgia.emaillotto.promo@usa.com). ©"COPYRIGHT 2015 ATLANTA GEORGIA, U.S.A EMAIL LOTTO ALL RIGHT RESERVED "* * * * * * D I S C L A I M E R * * NOTE: This message is confidential and intended for the named addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by E-Mail return and then delete this message from your system. You should not copy or use it or disclose its contents to any other person. If any part of this message is illegible or if you suspect that the message may have been intercepted or amended, please contact the sender. We cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this message without further investigation.

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