419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:
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.
- +447045733163 (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.
- brts_columbiadeptbc-49@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH COLUMBIA NATIONAL AWARD BC-49" <BCL_SIR.GORDONS.FLETCHER@9.cn>
Reply-To: b.c.l_claimsunit_dept@admin.in.th
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:50:54 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: **SIR. GORDON FLETCHER,
CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR E-MAIL SUCCESS BC-49 DRAW**

BRITISH COLUMBIA NATIONAL AWARD BC-49,
Unit 5, Tiger Court, Kings Drive,Kings Business Park,
Prescot, Knowsley, Liverpool, L34 1BH.
Winning No: 06 14 17 26 38 45
Bonus No: 05
BC-49 Award Chip NO: IMP/73253CA/2010

BRITISH COLUMBIA NATIONAL AWARD, 2010.

The British Columbia National Award BC-49 in collaboration with the
British Government and the World Gaming Board are the sponsors of this
online e-mail award for compensation and grant for both past 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 Award Draw
held on Wenesday December 8th, 2010 in Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
Your e-mail address attached to BC-49 Award Chip NO: IMP/73253CA/2010
which drew the Winning No: 06 14 17 26 38 45, Bonus No: 05 for BC-49
Award under the choice of the Award winning in the 2nd category of
bi-weekly six.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draws system and extracted from over 250,000 companies and
personal e-mails. So your e-mail is your online automatic ticket that
qualified you for this draw. This is to inform you that you have won a
prize money of Â£1,550,952.00(One Million Five Hundred And Fifty Thousand
Nine Hundred And Fiftytwo Pounds Sterling) for the Year 2010 Prize Award
which is Organized by The British Columbia National Award BC-49.

In view of this, your Â£1,550,952.00( One Million Five Hundred And Fifty
Thousand Nine Hundred And Fiftytwo 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. Nicholas Donnie (Esq.),
E-mail:(brts_columbiadeptbc-49@hotmail.co.uk)
Telephone: (+44-704-573-3163)

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___________

Once Again Congratulations!!!

Sincerely,
Sir. Gordons Fletcher.
Award Controller General
BC-49 Award.

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