419 scam: Lottery <alimikpetoni@gmail.com> U.S International Lottery Promotion Prize Winning Notification.

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
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: Lottery <alimikpetoni@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.egrant@online.ee
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:38:22 +0100
Subject: U.S International Lottery Promotion Prize Winning Notification.

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Attention:

U.S International Lottery Promotion Prize Winning Notification.

Your email address has won the online email lottery played on
Saturday, Apr 09, 2022

We are pleased to notify you about the recent U.S lottery draw of this
Date: (Saturday, Apr 09, 2022) This lottery games were conducted
through the online "ISP" of the exclusive List Of 250,000 active
E-mail Addresses selected online; Fortunately enough, your email
address appeared in the first box as the jackpot winner of Four
Million United States Dollars ($4,000,000.00 USD) Saturday, Apr 09,
2022
under the following lottery draw references:

BALLOT No: ---------- 9831/MO22.
BATCH No: ----------- 15500/2022/MO.
JACKPOTS DRAW No: --- (1)(3)(24)(25)(34)(43)
TOTAL AMOUNT WON: --- $4 Million

For your confirmations, please visit the U.S-Missouri Lottery website
link below to confirm your Draw Number including the date it was
played.

Website: https://www.lotteryusa.com/missouri/lotto/year

Please be informed that the above-mentioned prize has been approved
and awarded to you as the rightful beneficiary; We are hereby advising
you to urgently contact our licensed representative/payment
coordinator; Mr. Edward Grant for further guidelines on how to receive
your payment from our recommended paying bank.

Below is the E-mail contact of our representative/payment coordinator:

Contact Person: Mr. Edward Grant
Email: info.egrant@online.ee

Best regards,

Mr. Spencer Cattell
Promotions Manager.

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