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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:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- 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.
- +448712343041 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
Fraud email example:
From: <ULTIMATE14@FINANCE4.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <bbcclaims@fengv.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:34:04 +0700
Subject: BBC NATIONAL AWARD 2013 ( CLAIM YOUR LUCKY PRIZE )
BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC)
Visit Our Web Site.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/
Lotto Date Saturday 17th November 2013.
This is to inform you that you have WON the sum of £950.000.00 Pounds from our 2013 charity bonanza. The Winning No.(2677) and Draw Winning No. 11- 04 -08- 13 BONUS 02. All Participants for the E-MAIL Version were selected randomly from Forty four (64) E-MAIL ADDRESSES, from all the Domain Network Services all over Asian, Europe and Africa countries. Lucky selected E-mail Users are qualified and became a benefited winner of the stated winning amount, in the ongoing £54.4million Spring lottery charity bonanza for London’s heritage, Held on the Saturday 17th November 2013. The BBC National Lottery Fund gives grants to sustain and transform individual lives all over the globe for the less privilege once; we are here to use our diverse heritage to change lives in every part of the global world.
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1. Full Name's:-
2. Sex :-
3. Country:-
4. State/City:-
5. Contact Address:-
6. Mobile/Tel Number:-
7. Marital Status:-
8. Occupation:-
9. Date/Age:-
10. Pin Code:-
11. File Reference Number:-
12. Winning E-Mail:-
13. Amount Won:-
14. Have You Won Before:- Yes Or No ?
he above information should be sent to your Online coordinator Dr. James B. Williams via email:- bbcclaims@fengv.com
*Yours Faithful.
*Presenter... ............Dr. Michaela Hejna
*Director.................Mr. Partridge
*Producer.................Dr. Matt Rene
*The Promotion Manager/Online coordinator.
Dr.James B. Williams.
*Telephone: +448712343041.
*Contact E-mail:- bbcclaims@fengv.com
BBC Department National Lottery Results.
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