419 scam: "BRITISH COLUMBIA LOTTERY" <eolay@espol.edu.ec> End of Year Promo

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- +447031919673 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- susan.hsbcfundstransferunit@yahoo.com.tw (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: bcl.albertanderson@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 22:48:17 -0800
Subject: End of Year Promo

BRITISH COLUMBIA LOTTERY BC-49,
1415 Vancouver Street, Victoria,
British Columbia. V8V 3W4, Canada

WINNER'S NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2013 End of year Promotional program held October 2013 by BRITISH COLUMBIA LOTTERY in Canada and United Kingdom respectively. your email address attached to Ticket Number 209348989 with Batch No: 56456/BCL/042/2013 drew Winning No: 04 13 19 30 43 46 14, was Awarded the sum of Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds (£950,000.00 GBP). To confirm your winnings visit (http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html) Winning No: 04 13 19 30 43 46 14.

All participants in this lottery program was selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and websites, So your email is your online automatic ticket that qualified you for this draw, no tickets were sold. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds (£950,000.00 GBP = $1,535,000.00 US Dollar). This promotional program takes place every year, and it is promoted and sponsored by BRITISH COLUMBIA LOTTERY and eminent personalities like the Emir of Qatar, Prime Minister of Kuwait, Williams Bill Gates Of Microsoft Inc and other corporate organizations. All email address winner was announce LIVE in CNN and BBC news.

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your ticket number and serial number in all correspondence.

To claim your prize.

Contact the Winners Funds Transfer Unit of HSBC Bank Plc Via Email to help transfer your prize.

Bank Name: HSBC Bank Plc
Contact Name: Dr. (Mrs.) Susan James.
Email: susanjames.fundstransferunit@admin.in.th
susan.hsbcfundstransferunit@yahoo.com.tw
Address: 8 Canada Square,
Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HQ.
United Kingdom.
Tel: +(44)703-191-9673

You are therefore advised to send them the following information for further instructions on how to receive your winnings.

FILL PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM;
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
COUNTRY:
AGE/SEX:
OCCUPATION:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
MARITAL STATUS:
TOTAL AMOUNT WON:
YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:
DATE OF NOTICE:

Do adhere to the directives of HSBC Bank Plc and remember to send us a notification email as soon as your prize money is remitted to you.

Congratulation!!
Sincerely yours,
Albert Anderson.
BC-49 Lottery Fiduciary Agent.

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