419 scam: "Mrs. Catherine Wallace"<contato@heriveltorepresentacoes.com.br> (ATM-UNOCT2018)

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "gilbert.cfg@qq.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. Catherine Wallace" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gilbert.cfg@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:34:39 -0800
Subject: (ATM-UNOCT2018)

Congratulations!!!

Your E-mail address has Been randomly selected a winner of the sum of US$650,000.00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars Only) by the internet powered satellite of United Nation compensation commission union pay committee ATM international Incorporation Sweep-Stakes Award Promotion 2018 ballot computer system from a Data Base of Internet Email Users from worldwide (America, Australia/Oceania, Asia, Europe and Antarctica) your email address came out as one of the winning email addresses in the 2nd category of the Promotions from your region/territory, In line with the commemorating event marking our 25th anniversary.

Your Ticket Nº: UNC/ 104600387/US, Reference Nº.: LPL/037/12.US, Lucky Number: 101-418-43-252 and Batch Nº: AIC/7416/VA.3/US Please take note of your quoted information’s as they will be needed for verification. You are advised to contact our claim officer with the follow details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:

1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Telephone and Fax Nº:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Country:
8. Amount Won:
9. Wining Email Address:
10. Ticket Nº:
11. Reference Nº.:
12. Batch Nº:
13. A scan copy of your identification (such as international passport, driver’s license or any proof of your identification) for the purpose of proper identification

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your compensation donation fund information confidential until your claim is processed and your fund issued/remitted to you, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

You are advised to contact the claim officer Mr. Steven Gilbert with the following required details stated above via this e-mail: gilbert.cfg@qq.com and Telephone Nº: +19292677020. Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-UNOCT2018) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the claims center by using it as your subject. Now contact the ATM card claims manager for more details as we wait for your expedite response. Congratulation once more.

Yours in Service,
Mrs. Catherine Wallace
Online Promotion Announcer.
United Nations International Territory
United Nations Compensation Commission.

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