419 scam: o2mobile_lotto@o2.pl **SPAM** Your E-mail have been selected!

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "email-drhenryhill@in.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447822132315
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.
- email-henryhill@email.com (Email; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: o2mobile_lotto@o2.pl
Reply-To: henryhill@email.com
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:35:32 +0300
Subject: **SPAM** Your E-mail have been selected!

Attention Winner,

Congratulations on being one of our winners in the new o2 mobile promotional lottery organised by telef?nica o2 uk limited to reward mobile phone users and also promote our brand in countries like Australia, Canada,Russia, New Zealand, France, India and the middle east where we intend to lunch different 02 products soon. We received your e-mail regarding the winning notification sent to you earlier by our awards department. Please note, the 2010 award of the o2 telecoms is not a joke , rather a momentous achievement in the history of this organization.

All participants were selected randomly from world wide web through computer draw system. Phone numbers and emails were extracted from over 170, 287 companies and 454, 980, 476 web-sites. This promotion is part of financial empowerment program of o2 telecoms in it's struggle to alleviate poverty in the global-world. After due confirmation of your email address: which subsequently won you Two million great British pounds (GBP?2,000, 000.00 ) only, organized by o2 telecommunications company, your prize claim has been approved and processing of payment will commence by our remitting department upon identification of whom payment is made to.

To begin the claims process contact your fiduciary agent below;

Dr.Henry Hill
Co-ordinator
Email-henryhill@email.com
Email-drhenryhill@in.com

We will need your email add and mobile number to be sure it matches what we have in our database, your full names,Age,Occupation and address to issue you a prize claim certificate which would be presented to the paying bank along with your identification and banking particulars if you choose a direct wire transfer method of receiving the funds.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation and congratulations once again.
Yours truly,

Mrs Stephany Stoddard
Co-ordinator
+447822132315

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