419 scam: "BRITISH COLUMBIA LOTTERY" <info@british.org> MEGA JACKPOT

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (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)
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.
- +447017026322 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH COLUMBIA LOTTERY" <info@british.org>
Reply-To: r.b.s.onlinebnk@admin.in.th
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:33:00 +0400 (Arabian Standard Time)
Subject: MEGA JACKPOT

BRITISH COLUMBIA NATIONAL LOTTERY BC-49,
Unit 5, Tiger Court, Kings Drive,Kings Business Park,
Prescot, Knowsley, Liverpool, L34 1BH.
Confirm Winning: http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html
Winning No: 09 13 14 17 22 49
Bonus No: 39
BC-49 Lottery Chip NO: IMP/73253CA/2012

BRITISH COLUMBIA NATIONAL LOTTERY, 2012 MEGA JACKPOT (PAYOUT, FOR
FINANCIAL STABILITY).

The British Columbia National Lottery BC-49 in collaboration with the British
Government and the World Gaming Board are the sponsors of this online e-mail
lottery for compensation and grant for both past lottery 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 2012 Global Mega Jackpot, held on Saturday April
21st, 2012, in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to BC-49
Lottery Chip NO: IMP/73253CA/2012 which drew the Winning No: 09 13 14 17 22 49,
Bonus No: 39 for BC-49 Lotto, under the choice of the lottery 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
£2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) for the Year
2012 Prize Promotion which is Organized by The British Columbia National Lottery
BC-49.

In view of this, your £2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand 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 bank to assist you
facilitate the processing of your claims:

You are to contact our payment bank with the details below:
Bank Name: Royal Bank Of Scotland
Contact Person: Mr. Nicholas Donnie
E-mail: ( r.b.s.onlinebnk@admin.in.th )
Tel: +44-701-702-6322

FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND.
FILL PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM BELOW:
1.FULL NAMES:________
2.ADDRESS:__________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:_____
6.OCCUPATION:________
7.WINNING E-MAIL:______
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL_____
10.AMOUNT WON:________
11.COUNTRY___________

Do note that, you must contact Mr. Nicholas Donnie the funds transfer manager,
to claim your prize, send your Winning Number, Bonus Number and the payment
processing form to the bank official e-mail address (
r.b.s.onlinebnk@admin.in.th ) and let him know that you have contacted him via
e-mail, for further advised, maintain STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY until the end of
proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims/double
claims. this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.

Once again Congratulations!!!

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

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