419 scam: Grace Micheal <ppp.dziekanowlesny@neostrada.pl> BP LONDON.

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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.
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.
- harryspencer01@aim.com (AOL Instant Messenger; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Grace Micheal <ppp.dziekanowlesny@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: harryspencer02@aim.com
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:01:53 -0700
Subject: BP LONDON.

BP, London, SE1 7NA - United Kingdom
BP Prize Redemption Centre,
104 Stockport Road,
Longsight, London
M601 2DB - United Kingdom.
BATCH REF: 07/2010/08

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of GBP 192,000.00 Great Britain Pounds
for the 2010 International E-mail Draw which is Organized by BP Company of United Kingdom.

BP Company UK collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among
the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla, Gmail, American Mail, Russian Mail,
Indian Mail, Arabic Mail, Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are
selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. BP Award must be claimed
not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this
period will be forfeited. Stated below is your ticket number: TICKET NUMBER: 004-BPSH10

This numbers fall within the Location File [HBLD], kindly fill the verification form below
and send with the details below and your winning identification numbers;
1. FULL NAME:........................................................................
2. AGE:..............................................................................
3.SEX:...............................................................................
4.ADDRESS:...........................................................................
5.COUNTRY:...........................................................................
6. OCCUPATION/POSITION:..............................................................
9. COMPANY:..........................................................................
10.EMAIL: ...........................................................................
11. TICKET NUMBER:...................................................................

AGENT NAME: Harry Spencer.

E-Mail: harryspencer01@aim.com

An urgent response will help us facilitate the release of your fund without any delay.
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours Faithfully,

Mrs.Grace Micheal.
[Publicity Secretary]

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