419 scam: MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY <infochiefexecutiverbss@gmail.com> IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF US$291 MILLION IN YOUR FAVOR.

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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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
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: MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY <infochiefexecutiverbss@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoworldbankmonitoragency@citromail.hu
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:10:04 -0700
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF US$291 MILLION IN YOUR FAVOR.

MMEDIATE RELEASE OF US$291 MILLION IN YOUR FAVOR.

This is to announce to you as one of the 18 lucky winners in the
ongoing Free Online Promo prize of US$291 Million for the year
2023,which took place on the 2 second of March,2023. The following are
your winning reference numbers: 11018204615. Track your winning number
on https://www.lotteryusa.com/mega-millions/

All 18 winning accounts were randomly selected from a batch of
70,000,MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY, and you have been approved to receive
your winning prize of US$291 Million via Bank Transfer, through our
offshore paying Bank. Note: that the above numbers is what qualified
you to be one of the lucky winner to receive the amount of
US$291Million, this is a free online lottery organized by the, MEGA
MILLIONS LOTTERY, endorse by United States of America Government and
International Monetary Fund in conjunction with the International
Committee under the supervision of United Nation
Organization,(ENDORSEMENT CODE:09911US/AUO9X/LLMP017) YOU ARE ADVICE
TO FURNISH US THE BELOW INFORMATION'S TO ENABLE US TO PROCESS THE
RELEASE OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE.

FULL NAME:
SEX:
PHONE NUMBER:
COUNTRY/ CITY:
OCCUPATION:
HOME ADDRESS:
A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENSE:Upon
receiving the above information from you, we will begin to process the
release of your fund to you via our paying bank in London-UK.

We look forward to hearing from you. Thus congratulations.

Best Regards
Mr. Morris Woods
The President, Of Global Internet Network

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