419 scam: Prof. Mrs.Joy Owen<emma@knktdg.com> Guinness Worldwide Internet Awareness Lottery

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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.
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")
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!
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.
- guinnessclaims@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Prof. Mrs.Joy Owen<emma@knktdg.com>
Reply-To: guinnessclaims@rocketmail.com
Date: 27 Sep 2019 01:31:13 -0700
Subject: Guinness Worldwide Internet Awareness Lottery

GUINNESS STOUT PROMOTIONS 2019.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 15 of 09. 2019 GUINNESS STOUT Company Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 30 lucky winners who won GBP (Great British Pounds) £120,000.00 each on the GUINNESS STOUT Company.

However the results were released on the 18 of 09. 2019 and your email was attached to ticket number (GSPR45856CS89) and ballot number (BN: 6220914657/HBZ-T) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 129,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In other to claim your GBP £120,000.00 winning prize, which have been deposited in a designated Finance Security Company here in WEST AFRICA. However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of Guinness Worldwide Internet Awareness Lottery Company for verification and then you will be directed on how you can claim your winning prize as it has already been deposited in your favor.

NAMES:..................................... AGE:............................. SE X:.......................... ...... MARITAL STATUS....................ADDRESS: ....................... ...... EMAIL:.................................... PHONE:.................................... MOBILE PHONE................. OCCUPATION:.......................... POSITION................................ COMPANY:............................... COUNTRY:...............................

Please you are advised to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email or Text message for prompt collection of your fund from the delivery department.

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER AND YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT)
Name: Mr Cole Anderson
E-MAIL: guinnessclaims@rocketmail.com

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

*Staff of GUINNESS STOUT Company are not to partake in this Lottery PLEASE BE WARNED* Accept my hearty congratulations once again

Yours faithfully
Prof. Mrs.Joy Owen

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