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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 office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",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!

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?=22Google_Mastercard=C2=AE_/_Visa=C2=AE_Promotion_Award_Team=2E?=
=?utf-8?q?=22_=3Cmcvclaimsoffice17=40yandex=2Ecom=3E?=
Reply-To: mcvclaimsoffice17@yandex.com
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:05:47 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Google_MasterCard=C2=AE_/_Visa=C2=AE_Promotion_Department?=

Your e-mail address winning details:
Winning No: MCVCard/6736/006/2017
E-Ticket No: MCVCard/529/06//12/2017
Amount Won: $2,500,000.00 USD

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by MasterCardÂ® / VisaÂ® Promotion Award Team and confirmed by our co-sponsors GoogleÂ® International and MicrosoftÂ®.

Your email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails and therefore attracted a cash award of $2,500,000.00 USD (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Be also informed that your prize has been insured and credited with the total sum won and ready for pay out and delivery to your designated home address which you are to provide to your claim administrator. You will be able to make withdrawal at any ATM point or credit card facility in your country.

The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of over 100,000,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web (NO TICKETS WERE SOLD). This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Internet Microsoft Windows and Google. Google earns itsâ€™ profit mainly from advertising using their very own Google search engine, Gmail, Gala, Sify e-mail services, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking and You Tube video sharing, which are all offered to the public for free. This development is as a result of the effort made by United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as it is stipulated in Section 2 act 4 Sub-Category E1 of United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) guidelines and regulations of 08-04-2014.

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you.

To process your winning prize, please contact our Foreign Payment Bureau Office electronically by neatly filling the verification details below:

VERIFICATION FORM
1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. COuntry:
4. Date of Birth:
5. Sex:
6. Occupation:
7. Phone:
8. Private Email Address:
9. Ever Won An Online Lottery?

We value your right to privacy! Your information is 100% secured and will be used exclusively for the purpose of this award only.

Send all response via email to our Foreign Payment Bureau office below:

Google MasterCardÂ® / VisaÂ® Promotion Department
Email: mcvclaimsoffice17@yandex.com

An agent will get back to you from the claims office after proper verification for further instructions.

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the MastercardÂ® / VisaÂ® Promotion Award Team

Regards,

Ajaypal Singh Banga
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Google MastercardÂ® / VisaÂ® Promotion Award Team.

Â©Copyright 2017 MCV Inc. All rights reserved.

This email was sent from a notification only email address. This email and any attachments to it contain information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s).

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