419 scam: <webadd18@greooo23.onmicrosoft.com> 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:

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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
- "powerballclaims@shqiptar.eu" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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: <webadd18@greooo23.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <powerballclaims@shqiptar.eu>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:30:47 +0200
Subject: Notification

REFERENCE Nº:LPB0031894/35
TICKET Nº:91AW6788424622
BATCH Nº:56741159

Dear E-mail Beneficiary,

The British International Powerball Lottery Program wishes to inform you the results of the collective E-mail Address ballot lottery award by the British International Lottery Program held in United Kingdom on 3rd January, 2016. Your E-mail Address is among the jackpot lucky winners for the sum of £800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds) for this month prize promotion award which was organized by International Power Ball Promotion Inc.

This result is now made available to you and your email address attached in the Category A draw lucky number 6, 16, 20, 31, 36 and the Powerball No. 8 . Participants were selected through a computerized ballot system drawn from company and individual email address users.

We advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. For the release of your winnings, kindly contact your claims agent with the following details to expedite the processing of your prize winning.

1. Full name and address:
2. Country of Residence:
3. Tel and fax number:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Passport/ID No:
8. E-mail:
9. Reference no and ticket no:

You are hereby advised to send your details via email to Mr. Craig Williams immediately with the above details for the claim of your winnings.

Name: Mr. Craig Williams
E-mail: powerballclaims@shqiptar.eu

All winning must be claimed not later than two weeks from the date of receipt of this email. After this date all prize winning will treated as Unclaimed

Note in order to avoid unnecessary delays; remember to quote your Reference and ticket numbers in all correspondence. Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our special quarterly promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. J. Walker
(UK Information and Promotion Manager)

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