419 scam: "Dr. Mark Philip"<info@icc.net> From International Cricket Council

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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:
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
- "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- +447010080979 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Mark Philip" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrkphilip@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:40:23 +0530
Subject: From International Cricket Council

FROM THE DIRECTOR ICC WORLD CRICKET AWARD PROMOTION PRICE DRAW HEADQUATER ENGLAND
#5558 Camino Al Norte, LONDON, UK 89031.
TEL: +447010080979
FAX: +448719158714

ATTENTION/LUCKY WINNER: CONGRATULATIONS!!

In commemoration of our anniversary we rolled out over £5,000.000.00 (Five Million Great Britain Pounds) for our Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft Usage from Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, North America, South America, Sri-Lanka, Pakistan, India and England as part
of our International Promotional Program.

This promotion is a bid to increase our sporting market share in the fast growing Sports Partnerships and Sponsors. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL COMMITTEE ICC CRICKET COUNCIL EMAIL AWARD has a teeming population of customers spread all over the world, and the promo is targeted at promoting our brand, and creating awareness amongst ICC CRICKET Fans and sponsorship.

This promo is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Cricket Council of Gaming Regulators (ICCGR). This promo is the first of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. To begin the process of claiming your prize, Fill and send back the claims form below. Your private data is secure and will not be accessed by any third party.

We are proud to inform you that our Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of UK ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ICC CRICKET COUNCIL EMAIL DRAW LONDON ENGLAND, wishes to notify you that your email ID was selected as our yearly award 2013 promo, your winning fund has been issued as DEMAND BANK DRAFT and will be handing over to you through a diplomatic means of delivering.

NOTE: that you have been issue an award winning Demand Draft of £500,000.00 pounds (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) which will be delivered to your given address through Courier Dispatch Officer, but if you want your fund to be tele-wired direct to your personal local bank account, please note to us on your returning email.

KINDLY RECONFIRM YOUR RECEIVING INFORMATION ONCE AGAIN TO AVOID WRONG DELIVERING AND RETURN IT BACK TO US FOR URGENT DELIVERY OF YOUR AWARD WINNING DEMAND DRAFT WORTH £500,000.00 GBP.

Full name:

Full Address:

Nationality:

Winning Email ID:

Home Telephone:

Mobile Telephone:

Date of birth:

Occupation:

Thank you for being part of our Anniversary draws.

Announcement!!!
This is a formal notification of the just concluded final draws of the Cricket word yearly email promotional program held in United kingdom. You have been approved to be paid a winning sum of £500,000.00 POUNDS only.
Payment Officer ICC Consolation Prize Team
London,United Kingdom
Phone: +447010071374.

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