419 scam: "MRS LISA OWEN" <admin@wmgsales.co.uk> GUINNESS CUSTOMERS PROMOTION

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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:
- "fiduciary 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)
- "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "georgestevenness@outlook.com" (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: "MRS LISA OWEN" <admin@wmgsales.co.uk>
Reply-To: georgestevenness@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 06:47:57 +0800
Subject: GUINNESS CUSTOMERS PROMOTION

GUINNESS CUSTOMERS PROMOTION
dv-2018 program
St. Christo Road (Ecowas)
Guinness PLC, West Africa.

FINAL NOTIFICATION.

We happily inform you about our (Guinness National Lottery Program) held on the 26th of Jan 2018, which you entered as a dependent client and finally took the 1st position in our second (2nd) category winners,that falls with in the west Africa region. Your email was attached to the ticket number (44-40-23-777-01) which made you a winner of ( US$2.5million usd ) and your name being recorded in our Guinness world book of records the 20th lucky winner of the year 2016. You have been approved the sum of US$2.500,000.00 which will be sent across to you immediately.

All emails are selected randomly through a computer ballot which subsequently won you the sweep take of Guinness internet web lottery.This is part of our security measures put in place to avoid double claiming or a situation where unwanted person(s) would be taking negative advantage of this promotions, there by impersonating in order to claim another persons winning prize.

Here is our fiduciary agent responsible for your the processing release of winnings for all Second Category winners where your winning falls into:

AGENT: MR. GEORGE STEVE
EMAIL: georgestevenness@outlook.com
Direct Telephone line: +1(516) 882-1397 )
Text Message Only: +1(315) 381-5773 )
GUINNESS CLAIMS SECURITY AGENT.

You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your GUINNESS CLAIMS OF CERTIFICATE.

Full names:
Residential address:
Phone number:
country:

Most importantly you shall be requested to pay the sum of $150 usd (Only) to Allen Muno as the delivery fee of your Guinness Draft. Once you contact the Office, please request the delivery option from him in other to avoid further delay.

ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Yours sincerely
MRS LISA OWEN
GUINNESS CUSTOMERS PROMOTION.

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