419 scam: "BANK GIRO LOTERIJ PROMOTION"<giroresult10@mail.com> FYI: OFFICIAL 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:

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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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 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.
- +31633960447 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "BANK GIRO LOTERIJ PROMOTION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infogirownl@Safe-mail.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:36:33 +0200
Subject: FYI: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

BANK GIRO LOTERIJ PROMOTION CO-ORDINATOR
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAM
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE NETHERLANDS GAMING CONTROL
LOTTERY BOARD PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).
www.bankgiroloterij.nl

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the long awaited results of Sweepstakes promotion program organized by BANK GIRO LOTERIJ NL, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) held this june 2011, in The Netherlands. Where in your email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Euros)

You were entered as dependent clients with:Reference Number:NLWRO266/WNLF, and Batch number DFFF346/56TR/765GHG.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 60,000 (Sixty thousand) names of email users around the world, as part of our international promotion program.

To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by contacting the BANK GIRO LOTERIJ Foreign Transfer Manager:

Dr. Paul West
TEL: +31-633-960-447.
FAX: +31-847-142-307.

The BANK GIRO Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other International Companies. The BANK GIRO internet E-mail draw is held periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.

Congratulations!!

Sincerely,
Mrs.Hillary Vanderpool
Promotions Manager.

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