419 scam: "Mary Spencer"<jovyv@5wi.ph> POWERBALL LUCK

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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:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million 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)
- "million 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)
- ",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)
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: "Mary Spencer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <powerball@yccaifuu.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 18:52:52 -0700
Subject: POWERBALL LUCK

Power Ball International Lottery

Windriver House, Meridian Office Park,

Osborn Way, Hook, Hampshire

Uk

Reference Number: PBL/19-DE/9317

Batch: PBL/06/41

Dear Winner,

POWERBALL WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded quarterly draws of the Power Ball International Lottery draws.Unlike the weekly Wednesday and Saturday night jackpot and cash game,This international lottery is conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies worldwide picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the internet as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every week. No tickets were sold as this lottery is sponsored by HSBC HONGKONG AND YCCAAICU CORPORATION CHINA

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $1,000,000.00 (one Million united states dollars) in cash credited to file PBL/19-DE/9317. This is from a total cash prize of 50,000,000 ( fifty Million Dollars shared amongst the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

However Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted advantage of this program by the general public.

You have been assigned an independent financial claims agent,accredited by the Power Ball International Lottery,whom would assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated bank account.

For claims processing and remittance of your cash prize money to you.please immidiately provide the underlisted information.

NAME:.....................................

AGE:........................................

SEX:........................................

ADDRESS:...............................

EMAIL:....................................

PHONE:...................................

OCCUPATION:.........................

COMPANY:..............................

COUNTRY:...............................

Please you are adviced to immediately contact our accredited financial claims agent through email or fax for prompt collection of your funds.

(CONTACT FIDUCIARY FINANCIAL AGENT)

Name: Albert Cole

E mail: powerball@yccaifuu.com

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 2 weeks. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference (PBL/19-DE/9317) and Batch numbers (PBL/06/41) in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from staff of Power Ball International Lottery.
Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Mary Spencer.

Consultant,Power Ball International Lottery

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