419 scam: MR HARRY ADAMS <benbernanke19@yahoo.com.ph> CONGRATULATION>>YOU HAVE WON A LOTTO

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- +447045773507 (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.
- harry-adams631959@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR HARRY ADAMS <benbernanke19@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: harry-adams631959@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:21:17 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION>>YOU HAVE WON A LOTTO

Attention lucky winner.

We happily announce to you the result of a lottery draws held on October Wed 20, 2011, in Asia, America, United Kingdom, African Regions and Ontario, Canada. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide through computer draws system and extracted from over 10, 000, 00 companies and personal e-mail addresses.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 7560 4545 100 with serial number 046560 drew the winning numbers: 2-9-26-44-47-49 Bonus 34# you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One million five hundreds thousand dollars only ($1.5m usd) only credited to file EAAL/9080118308/11.

This is a promotional lottery program whereby you do not need to buy ticket before you become a winner. In this lottery program the draws were conducted electronically using peoples email addresses and your email address came up as a lucky winner. This program is sponsored and supported by many multinational companies such as Yahoo, Microsoft, and Hotmail but to mention little etc. The aim for this lottery program is to encourage more people to use Internet/Email as their major means of communication.

Please note that your lucky winning numbers fall within our London UK booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your One million five hundreds thousand dollars only ($1.5m usd) would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in London Our London agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you Contact their office. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in London UK immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund with your full data and your winning informationâ€™s, contact information are as follow:

This Is Your Winning Application Form Fill it and Send it To Your claiming Agent below For Processing and payment.

First Name.:...................

Middle Name.:.........................

Last Name.:........................

Gender.:.....................

Date of Birth.:......................

Marital Status.:......................

Nationality.:.....................

Religion.:...................

Occupation.:.........................

Contact Address........................

City.: .......................

State/Province.:............

Zip Code.: .........................

Mobile phone No.:.............

House Phone No.:.....................

Fax No.:.............................

Email Address Winner.:.............

WINNING INFORMATION

Winning numbers.......................

Bonus.:....................

CALL OR REPLY TO:-

Claims Officer: MR.HARRY ADAMS

Email: harry-adams631959@hotmail.com

Tel: +447045773507

Yours Sincerely,

Ann Hanks (Mrs)

Program Co-coordinator

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