419 scam: "Gisela Aschhoff" <info@golambalaj.com> GOOD NEWS, Your US$2,620,000.00 Grant Award Notification

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (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!
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.
- marythather392@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gisela Aschhoff" <info@golambalaj.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 04:00:11 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS, Your US$2,620,000.00 Grant Award Notification

Dear Sir

RE: US$2,620,000.00 Grant Award Notification

Are you the owner of this e-mail address? If yes, then congratulations!

This is to notify you that your email has won a cash grant award of US$2,620,000.00 from the United Nations Charity Foundation based in the United Kingdom with reference Number: HDF/CG-1802B and Free Ticket Lucky Numbers#:76432948620 for your business, economic and social research developments of your community.

The United Nations Charity Foundation grant award is conducted online annually and geared towards global humanitarian development and poverty eradication.

Participants emails were choose worldwide from different categories based on their personal and business development of their respective environments.

For the immediate transfer of the US$2,500,000.00 prize money to your bank account, kindly contact the Payment Agent, Mrs. Mageret Einstein today with the following information, she will give you guidelines on how to claim your prize money.

Contact Name: Mrs. Mageret Einstein

Email: marythather392@yahoo.co.uk

Telephone:+79554643 Ext,122

All correspondences to Mrs. Mageret Einstein should have the reference number "HDF/CG-1620B and your Free Ticket Lucky Numbers#:76432948620" sent along with your CONTACT ADDRESS and TELEPHONE NUMBER to email: marythather392@yahoo.co.uk for prompt attention.

Once again Congratulations.

Yours sincerely,

Gisela Aschhoff
Notification Officer

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