419 scam: INFO Promotion UAE <autoplanet@autoplanet.bg> 18/04/2020 EMAIL LUCKY WINNER

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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.
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: INFO Promotion UAE <autoplanet@autoplanet.bg>
Reply-To: infolawsolicitors@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 01:52:49 +0300
Subject: 18/04/2020 EMAIL LUCKY WINNER

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Experience Eye-Catching, Mind-Bending, Taste Bud-Tickling, Grin-Inducing
Fun Like No Other. Take Part In an Event Brimming With New, Unique
Experiences. Experience Expo 2020 Dubai. Endless Opportunities. Three
Thematic Districts. A world of flavours. It has come to make this year
memorable one with our encouraging UAE Duty Free Lottery organized by
UAE Duty Free Lottery Association where your email emerged as one of our
lucky winners. It is random selected promotion through our online
platform in agreement with Microsoft and Google as mandated by this
association, so your email among others emerged as our Gold Lucky
Winners of the prize amount of $4,750,000.00 USD only.

Below is your winning information which you must keep to your self:

Ticket Number: A9Z44Q63UAE19
Amount: $4,750,000.00

To receive your prize Fund, please fill in the below information and
send back to us to enable prepare your winning certificate that you will
send to the paying bank for your fund.

YOUR FULL NAME
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
YOUR OCCUPATION
YOUR AGE
YOUR GENDER
YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER (MOBILE)

The above required information will enable us facilitate the procurement
of your winning certificate so that you will contact the paying bank for
your prize as the payment mode indicated by the UAE Duty Free organizing
committee.

We congratulate to you once again!

Thanks,
DR. FAROUK AHMED
Co-ordinator,
Duty Free Lottery.
Dubai Expo 2020, experience the difference!

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