419 scam: "Oxford Foundation"<info@oxford-foundation.com> You Have Been Awarded The Sum of 350,000.00 British Pounds Sterling By The Oxfo

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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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Oxford Foundation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <payment@oxford-foundation.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:26:43 -0700
Subject: You Have Been Awarded The Sum of 350,000.00 British Pounds Sterling By The Oxford Foundation UK

THE OXFORD FOUNDATION
23 Oxford Street W1D 1BJ London,
United Kingdom

Dear Award Winner,

Congratulations!

Oxford Foundation has awarded you a cash award of ?350,000.00 GBP (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds) in an e-mail selection program.The selection process was done through a Computerized selection system from a database of over 750,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the globe. No ticket was sold or bought, but each individual play coupon representing an email ID was assigned Winning/Reference numbers for identification.

Find below your Award Qualification Numbers:
Award Number: (OXFUK-12-0531)
Winning Number: (OXFUK-D-42)

This promotion is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). It is organized and sponsored by OXFORD FOUNDATION and is basically aimed at encouraging/promoting the use of internet for education, health, medical and scientific research within your community and across the globe. Hence, you are to contribute a reasonable part of your cash award/Donation to the betterment of humanity. For each of its programs, the Oxford Foundation is assisted by a Committee of Experts.

To receive your cash award; you are to quote your Full Names, Current Address and Telephone Numbers, to our Clearance Officer, Professor Bricks Maxwell; Email: payment@oxford-foundation.com

Congratulations Once More!!

Mrs. Veronica Samuel (Online-Coordinator)

Warning!! To avoid anybody impersonating you, you are advised not to disclose your award information to any third-party until your grant is processed and paid to you. Avoidance of this warning might be a part way to total disqualification of your award without prior notice. This is a salient part of the claims process and it would enable us avoid double payments.

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