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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- 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.
- +447014240589 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- 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.
- bbc.claim.sdeptuk2011@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "B.B.C National Lottery" <agentj63@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bbc.claim.sdeptuk2011@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 20:31:24 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Contact Mr. Dennis Mark For Your B.B.C Winner
ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
We are pleased to notify you the "Winner" of our last Secured Online sweepstakes result. This is a reward program for the patronage of internet services and all email addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly selected from an internet resource database of registered
software and domain users.
BBC One National Lottery Team
National Lottery Draws Results.
Po Box 200, Harrogate England, United Kingdom.
BBC One Lottery Representative.
Visit Our Web Site www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/
Batch No: 515944052/166
Winning No: 1518
For Winner no. 49
This is to inform you that you have WON the sum of 950.000.000 Pounds from our 2011 charity bonanza. The draw no.1587 brought out your e-mail address from a Data Base of Internet Email Users and qualified you a benefited winner of the stated winning amount, in the ongoing 44.4million Spring lottery charity bonanza for London's heritage,Held on Wednesday April 09th draw no. 1518 2011. The BBC One National Lottery Fund gives grants to sustain and transform individual lives all over the globe for the less privilege once; we are here to use our diverse heritage to change lives in every part.
Please Fill the Information below and Send To:
( bbc.claim.sdeptuk2011@hotmail.com )
Scan copy of your Identification (Driving License or any Valid I.D Proof) Needed.
1. Full Name
2. Full Address: .
3. State:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality/Country:
8. Winning Email:
9. Tel Number:
10. Fax Number:
Yours sincerely
Mr. Dennis Mark
( bbc.claim.sdeptuk2011@hotmail.com )
Tel: +44-7014240589
Visit Our Web Site www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/
Your Online coordinator
Dr. Dennis Mark the online coordinator
B.B.C Department,
National Lottery Results England
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