419 scam: "P.Hoogenboom" <info@samanthalinen.com> LuckyDay

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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:
- "you are advice to " (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 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.
- albert.zeeman@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "P.Hoogenboom" <info@samanthalinen.com>
Reply-To: Bangiroloterij@consultant.com
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 11:36:15 -0700
Subject: LuckyDay

BankGiro Loterij NL.
Van Eeghenstraat 70,
1071 GK Amsterdam.
KvK 41126590.
The Netherlands
Website: http://www.bankgiroloterij.nl

Dear. Lucky Winner!
We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won 2,125,000:00 Euro
(Two Million, One Hundred & Twenty Five Thousand Euro Only) in the BankGiro
Loterij Sweepstakes promotional program, conducted May 10th 2014, and the
results were release today. This is a free promotional program sponsored by
consortium of software companies, which means Lottery tickets were not sold.

For more information's/procedure of your winning claim, you are advice to
contact our processing/documentation department with the contact information
below, provide them with your winning details below.

Contact Person:
Albert Zeeman (Mr).
Processing/Documentation Dept.
Tel: +31-208-932537
Fax: +31-844-380016
Email: albert.zeeman@aol.com

Your Winning Details.
Ref Number: JKL/B67OYI/05/A2o1
Batch Number: NL-1405/21/0189
Ticket Number: 025-74453645-750

NOTE: Please be warned, your winning and its entire information are to be kept
strictly confidential, this is to avoid previous bad experience this program has
suffered, such as abuse of this program by other internet user who use the name
of this company for unscrupulous activities and double claiming of winning
entitlement because of insecurity of winning information on the part of
beneficiaries. Always call to ensure that you are dealing with the right
office/department. If you find this message in your spam is due to your internet
provider.

Sincerely,
Isabella van Gogh (Ms).
Sweepstakes Coordinator.
© 2013 BankGiro Loterij NL. All Rights Reserved.
***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
The information contained in this email is confidential. If the reader is not
the intended recipient then 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 Company’s Privacy Policy which can be found on the Company’s website -
http://www.bankgiroloterij.nl
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