419 scam: oprs@blaze.uu.ru RE: CONGRATULATIONS.

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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:
- "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)
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: oprs@blaze.uu.ru
Reply-To: leadingforpeace@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 08:29:53 +0700
Subject: RE: CONGRATULATIONS.

We the members of the Euro Millions International Lottery Board are pleased to inform you of the results from our just concluded lottery draws.

The online lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 2,000,000 email addresses comprising of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your email address emerged as a category "A" Winner, You are to receive a cash prize of USD$1,000.000.00 (One Million United States Dollars), Your prize award has been insured with your email and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report .

To get your above stated prize, you are advised to contact us back immediately via email with your winning information stated below and personal datas requested below;

(I) Batch No: Bda/022/CAC
(ii)Ticket No: 678 -033-02345
(iii Lucky No: 09-6-8-12-44
(iv) Ref No: NTG/SAN/9500/MOS

CLAIMS/PROCESSING APPLICATION FORM
Fill the Claim form correctly:
Your full name:-
Nationality:-
Address:-
Sex:-
Date of birth:-
Occupation: -
Telephone number/Fax:-
A COPY OF YOUR NATIONAL PASSPORT (For Your Identifiction)

Sincerely,
Dr.(Mrs).Angela Johnson
FOR: EURO MILLIONS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD.
NOTE: Your winnings should not be in any way disclosed to any one until you have successfully claimed your prize. All irregular, suspected or multiple claims will be rejected resulting to a forfeit of prize.

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