419 scam: BankGiro Loterij <vanakenfi7@vanakenfi.onmicrosoft.com> Call/Visit Our Office For Verification.

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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.
- +31617052973 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: BankGiro Loterij <vanakenfi7@vanakenfi.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <account.fundsdept@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 20:14:48 +0100
Subject: Call/Visit Our Office For Verification.

BankGiro Loterij NL,
Van Eeghenstraat 70,
1071 GK Amsterdam,
KvK 41126590,
The Netherlands.

Dear Sir/Madam,
Giving back to the society that has patronized us in these past years and as a part of our contribution to the alleviation of poverty and encourage self reliance, we are very pleased to inform you that your email address attached to E-Ticket No. 011-9085555(03-26) has won you the sum EUR 2,750, 000 (Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) in our first ever promotional Sweepstakes conducted on Saturday 21st December, 2013. This program is sponsored by Microsoft and consortium of software Firms here in the Netherlands. See below your winning details.

Winning Details:
Batch Number: NL01/013/0046
E-Ticket Number: 003-9085555(03-26)
Payment File Ref Code: BGL/77-5/004.

For the release of your winning funds, please contact Nielevan Advocatenkantoor, our Accredited Documentation and payment house with your above winning details on the contact information below;

Charlene van den Ende(Dr)
Directorate for claims,
Tel: +31-617-052-973
Fax: +31-847-255-438
Email: documentationdep@luckymail.com
Email: speelautomaten@nielevanadvocaten.nl
website: http://www.bankgiroloterij.nl

NOTE: This is the first time we are conducting a free sweepstakes program where lottery tickets were not sole but every other our lottery programs requires participants to but a lottery ticket. Be informed as well that every single email used in this program were generated from the web and winning email addresses were randomly selected using electronic ballot system. We strongly advised all beneficiaries to please call us or visit our website for further information. Lottery tickets still on sale for our EUR 8.2M lottery draw coming up soon.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Fidelia Van Aken.
Sweepstakes Coordinator.
Visit our website at: http://www.bankgiroloterij.nl
Â©2013 BankGiro Loterij Inc. All rights reserved

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Disclaimer:
The information contained in this email is confidential. If the reader is not the intended recipient or you are the intended recipient but do not wish to claim your funds,you must notify the sender immediately by return email and then delete all copies of this email. You must not copy, distribute, print or otherwise use the information. Email may be stored by the Company to support operational activities. All information will be held in accordance with the Companyâ€™s Privacy Policy which can be found on the Companyâ€™s website.
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