419 scam: Nidec Copal Electronic Corporation <info@zbavitu.net> CONFIRM YOUR WINNING CODE.

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
- "dr-levi.roberts@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447031861641 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Nidec Copal Electronic Corporation <info@zbavitu.net>
Reply-To: <dr-levi.roberts@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:02:46 -0500
Subject: CONFIRM YOUR WINNING CODE.

Dear Winner,

We pleased to inform and announce to you that your e-mail address has just been selected as one of the 10 lucky winners who won £500,000.00GBP, from the ongoing Nidec Copal Electronic Corporation Promotional award held On AUGUST 2013.Your email address emerged along side with the nine others in the category of winners for the 2013 lottery program, generally email addresses were picked, the draws are Processed by the computer through a special program that is special designed for this award, and the program is also known as Random Access Program (RAP). This software picks email addresses from the internet and through random processing software, picks the winners through their email address.

The Nidec Copal Electronic Corporation operates along with the European & Canadian Government in collaboration with the United Kingdom Government and the World Gaming Board are the sponsors of this online email lottery for compensation and grant for both past Lottery winners and the entire world public for purpose of Infrastructural development and good standard of living which has been Drastically affected in these recent times, resulting from Global Economy Recession.

All participants e-mail are selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000 Companies and personal e-mails the email address act as online automatic ticket that qualifies the participants for the draw. Once the Participant is qualified for the winning prize, they receive an Email per the lottery system, you are require to fill out your funds release Form and summit to our claim agent (Dr. Levi Roberts) for the processing of your payment.

FILL OUT YOUR VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
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(1.) Full Name:
(2.) Sex/Age:
(3.) Country:
(4.) State:
(5.) City:
(6.) Home Address:
(7.) Office Address:
(8.) Mobile Number:
(9.) Marital Status:
(10.) Occupation:
(11.) Zip Code:
(12.) Amount Won:

YOUR PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM:
Winning Number................ 6 44 16 27 12 36
Batch Number.................YW/08872/PY
Ref Number:.................WL/7662/5AQ

MODE OF PAYMENT:
Our method of payment is through an demand bank draft, which our company can issued the bank draft in your favour, so that you can Easily en-cash the bank draft in your country, all you have to do, is to provide the details for the processing of your award Payment, and send the details to our Events Agent Director in Charge of the processing.

(CONTACT EVENTS AGENT DIRECTOR)
Dr. Levi Roberts
Email: dr-levi.roberts@outlook.com
Tel: +447031861641
Fax: +447031861641

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