419 scam: "Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup" <rfwc001@gmail.com> GOOD DAY!

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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:
- "claim 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)
- ",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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27710293234 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- bbaki.associates@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup" <rfwc001@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 17 05:32:38 GMT
Subject: GOOD DAY!

Dear Lucky Winner, We Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup Organize Committee (RFWCOC) in conjunction with MicrosoftÿFFFF96Euro Online lottery Award team officially announces to you the raffle draw held this month in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Your E-mail address was among the 5,000,000.00 e-mail raffle draw, which your e-mail was randomly picked up by the computer during the 3rd Quarter Raffle draws held in United Kingdom. We therefore wish to inform you that your e-mail address has won you the total sum of ($1,000,000.00) One Million United States Dollars. Participant's email addresses were sorted out globally (Powered by Microsoft) from Companies, Individuals, Government's Agencies, Co-operate bodies, Charity homes etc and computed ÿFFFF93RANDOMLYÿFFFF94 Via E-sorting balloting to select respective winners around the globe. Be inform that this Internet Raffle Draw (IRD)was organized by Microsoft ÿFFFF96Euro lottery Award team and Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup Organized Committee (RFWCOC) to create awareness to the world as Russia is busy Finalizing their preparation for the hosting of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Note: Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre and must be claimed not later than 30 Days from the date of draw notification, any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your winning Details: WINNING NUMBER: 20, 14, 30,45,18,47 REFERENCE NUMBER: R2015/44.B2. SECURITY CODE: RUK/4490. Please note that your winning numbers falls within our Afro Booklet representative office in South Africa therefore, your fund will be released to you through our paying bank in ÿFFFF93SOUTH AFRICAÿFFFF94 Kindly contact fund Claim Agent: Barrister Bernard Baki Esq., CONTACT DETAILS Claim Agent: Barrister Bernard Baki Esq., E-mail: bbaki.associates@gmail.com Phone: +27 71 029 3234 You're requested to send the above winning details and the below information's to Barrister Bernard Baki Esq., to enable him facilitate the release of your winning fund to you. Also remember to place this security code ÿFFFF93RUK/4490ÿFFFF94 on your subject for easy location of your file. FULL LEGAL NAMES: RESIDENT ADDRESS: COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: NATIONALITY: AGE: SEX: OCCUPATION: MOBILE PHONE NUMBER: FAX NUMBER: COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT, ID OR DRIVER'S LICENSE: Regards, Mrs. Michelle Alfred. (FIFA 2018 Microsoft Online Lottery Coordinator)

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