419 scam: "BRITISH CANADIAN ONLINE BC-49"<dougkos@qwestoffice.net> You Have Won X1,550,952.00

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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:
- ",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)
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.
- +447045705663 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH CANADIAN ONLINE BC-49" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <b.canadiandept-bc49@admin.in.th>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 02:23:10 -0800
Subject: You Have Won X1,550,952.00

BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49,
70 Foster Drive, Suite 800, Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario, P6A 6V2, Canada.
Confirm Winning: http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html
Winning No: 04 15 24 25 37 41
Bonus No: 16
Ref No: IMP/73253CA/2010
Batch No: 642376/CA/2010

BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY 2010 PROMOTION.

The Canadian Government in collaboration with the British Government and the World Gaming Board are the sponsors of this online e-mail lottery for compensation and grant for both past lottery winners and the entire world public for purpose of Infrastructural development as an online compensation for all internet users.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2010 1st quarter Promotional Draw held on Saturday March 6th, 2010 in Manchester in the United Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to REF No; IMP/73253CA/2010, with Batch No: 642376/CA/2010 drew the Winning No: 04 15 24 25 37 41 Bonus No: 16 for BC-49 Lotto under the choice of the lottery in the 1st category of bi-weekly six.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000 companies and personal e-mails. So your email is your online automatic ticket that qualified you for this draw.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,550,952.00( One Million Five Hundred And Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred And Fifty Two Pounds Sterling)

In view of this, your £1,550,952.00( One Million Five Hundred And Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred And Fifty Two Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by following the directives of our fiduciary consultant. Our affiliated London-UK Bank will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact their office. So you are required to forward the following details to our fiduciary consultant to assist you facilitate the processing of your claims:

You are to contact our Claims Consultant with the details below:
Contact Person: Mr. Jefferson Donalds
Email: b.canadiandept-bc49@admin.in.th
Tel: +(44)-704-570-5663

FILL PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM BELOW:
1.FULL NAMES:________
2.ADDRESS:__________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:_____
6.OCCUPATION:________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:______
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___
10.AMOUNT WON:________
11. COUNTRY___________

Remember, you must contact Mr. Jefferson Donalds the Claims Consultant, to claim your prize, send your reference, batch number and the payment processing form to our official e-mail address (b.canadiandept-bc49@admin.in.th) and let him know that you have contacted him via e-mail.

Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim by Winner. You can also confirm your winning number and bonus numbers on our website http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html

Congratulation!!
Sincerely,
Sir. Queencely Kirby.
Lottery Controller General
BC-49 Lottery.

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