419 scam: "DR. FAROUK AHMED" <kalbac@entouch.net> RE:EXPO 2020 EMAIL 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 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: "DR. FAROUK AHMED" <kalbac@entouch.net>
Date: Tue, 26 May 20 04:39:56 GMT
Subject: RE:EXPO 2020 EMAIL WINNER

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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