419 scam: MP Bhuktiar <mpbhuktiar@yahoo.co.in> (no subject)

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
- "info@cocacola-onlinedraw.co.uk" (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.
- +447017035461 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: MP Bhuktiar <mpbhuktiar@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:14:27 +0530 (IST)
Subject:

Kindly look into this mail received by me and advise. Thanks

THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
COCA COLA AVENUE STAMFORD
BRIDGE LONDON
SW1V 3DW
UNITED KINGDOM.

THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform
you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held 20th
August, 2010 in London Uk by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British
American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky
winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the COCA'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION.

However the results were released today 28th,August,2010 and your email was
attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2010) and ballot number (BT:12052010/20The
online draws was conducted by a random selection of email.addresses from
an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
internet.

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection
process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email
selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses
drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by
the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery
is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. In other to
claim your £1,000,000.00 POUNDS prize winning!, Please contact our
fiduciary agent for claims with the contact below Agent.

MR. WILLIAM GORE
Email: info@cocacola-onlinedraw.co.uk
Telephone: +44 7017 035461

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM:
1. Full name..............
2. Country................
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation.............
7. Age....................

Congratulations!! once again.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Bubb(Mrs.)

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam