419 scam: usanggossain2008@hotmail.com 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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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!
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.
- usanggossain2008@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: usanggossain2008@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:14:35 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!

UK Online HQ:
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

I wish to Congratulate you for being one of the lucky winners of this
year
lottery programme(2008).
you have been awarded the sum of GBP £1,000,000.00 in 21st round of
the
raffle draw.

All participants for the online sweepstake were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from
over a million associations,and corporate bodies including personal
e-mails that were listed online.

Your e-mail space code is 94523.
Contact MR. UMANG GOSSAIN the uk-lotto
claims representative assigned to you with the following
email:usanggossain2008@hotmail.com
.
Names In Full ...........
Contact Address..........
Phone # / Fax# ..........
country..................

Yours faithfully,
Sir Richard Lloyd
Online Promo Coordinator.

UK Online HQ:
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

UK Online HQ:
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

I wish to Congratulate you for being one of the lucky winners of this
year
lottery programme(2008).
you have been awarded the sum of GBP £1,000,000.00 in 21st round of
the
raffle draw.

All participants for the online sweepstake were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from
over a million associations,and corporate bodies including personal
e-mails that were listed online.

Your e-mail space code is 94523.
Contact MR. UMANG GOSSAIN the uk-lotto
claims representative assigned to you with the following
email:usanggossain2008@hotmail.com
.
Names In Full ...........
Contact Address..........
Phone # / Fax# ..........
country..................

Yours faithfully,
Sir Richard Lloyd
Online Promo Coordinator

UK Online HQ:
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

I wish to Congratulate you for being one of the lucky winners of this
year
lottery programme(2008).
you have been awarded the sum of GBP £1,000,000.00 in 21st round of
the
raffle draw.

All participants for the online sweepstake were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from
over a million associations,and corporate bodies including personal
e-mails that were listed online.

Your e-mail space code is 94523.
Contact MR. UMANG GOSSAIN the uk-lotto
claims representative assigned to you with the following
email:usanggossain2008@hotmail.com
.
Names In Full ...........
Contact Address..........
Phone # / Fax# ..........
country..................

Yours faithfully,
Sir Richard Lloyd
Online Promo Coordinator

UK Online HQ:
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

I wish to Congratulate you for being one of the lucky winners of this
year
lottery programme(2008).
you have been awarded the sum of GBP £1,000,000.00 in 21st round of
the
raffle draw.

All participants for the online sweepstake were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from
over a million associations,and corporate bodies including personal
e-mails that were listed online.

Your e-mail space code is 94523.
Contact MR. UMANG GOSSAIN the uk-lotto
claims representative assigned to you with the following
email:usanggossain2008@hotmail.com
.
Names In Full ...........
Contact Address..........
Phone # / Fax# ..........
country..................

Yours faithfully,
Sir Richard Lloyd
Online Promo Coordinator.

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