419 scam: "BankGiro Loterij NL"<no-reply@bankgiroloterij.nl> Congratulations!! Email Account Owner!!!

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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:
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
- "winningsprocessingdept@aol.nl" (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.
- +31684712320 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- contactbenjaminbert@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BankGiro Loterij NL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contactbenjaminbert@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 04:27:22 +0200
Subject: Congratulations!! Email Account Owner!!!

BankGiro Loterij NL.
Your Ref Number: YM77-Y01/0140NL.
Your E-Ticket Number: HZXXXMAR9/07-14

Dear. Lucky Winner!

This notification may come to you as a surprise but take out time to read it carefully, as we wishes congratulate you over your success in the just concluded and official publication of results of the e-mail electronic online Promotional Sweepstakes Award Program. We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won 2,725,000:00euro (Two Million, Seven Hundred & Twenty Five Thousand Euro Only) in the BankGiro Loterij sweepstakes promotional program, conducted June, 20th 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 claims department with the contact information below, and provide them with your winning details as stated above.

Benjamin Bert (Mr).
For: Winnings Processing Dept.
Tel: +31 20-894-3564
Fax: +31 20-524-1334
Fax: +31 20 524 1354
Mobile: +31-684-712-320
E-mail: winningsprocessingdept@aol.nl
E-mail: contactbenjaminbert@gmail.com

As part of our security protocol/record purposes, we kindly ask that you keep your winning information securely should in case you are requested to reconfirm the winning details in future references. This lottery program was conducted and sponsored by BankGiro in conjunction with a consortium of software companies. Your winning must be claimed not later than 21 days of your receipt of this notification, hence we advice you provide our claims department as mentioned above/below stated details for the processing of your payment file.

1). Full Names:
2). Residential Address/Postalcode:
3). Occupation:
4). Phone/Fax Numbers:
5). Country of Origin:
6). Age/Sex:
7). Winning E-mail Address:
8). E-mail scan or fax copy of any valid proof of your Identification like International Passport or Driver's License that will be use for the processing of your payment file:

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.

Congratulations and thanks for being part of the Lottery program.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Monika Steenhuizen. (Sweepstakes Programs Coordinator)
For: BankGiro Loterij NL. (Lotto is een onderdeel van De Lotto).
Copyright(c) 2013 by BankGiroloterij, the Netherlands.
Website: www.bankgiroloterij.nl

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