419 scam: "Barr. Harry Spina" <drimporeone@yahoo.com> Attn: Lucky Winner, ....

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- +2348037130475 (Nigeria, 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.
- barr.harryspina@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr. Harry Spina" <drimporeone@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Barr. Harry Spina" <barr.harryspina@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:51:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Attn: Lucky Winner, ....

Â Attn: Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that your winning prize money on the end of the year 2014 promo from Â THE GREAT WEATHER LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL will be cancelled soonest due to your failure to claim your money as directed by the lottery co-coordinator.

You are advised by this mail to contact the accredited claims agent today for your payment without further delay.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.Â

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa. The claims agent will inform you on the best option for payment to winners from your part of the world.

Note also the following:
Your Ref number for the claim is: 007pwyz2006
Winning Numbers Au0630677
Batch Numbers 0075
Bonus Numbers 5023783QL
Winning Amount: $1.6million.

You are therefore advised to provide the under listed Claim requirements information to the lottery payment handling officer.

Claim Requirements:

1. Names in Full
2. Address:
3. Phone/Fax:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:
6. Nationality:

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Failure to contact the claims agent { Barr. Harry Spina} whose information is stated below within 7 working days of this notification, your winning will be revoked.

Accredited Claims Agent
Name: Barr. Harry Spina
E-mail: barr.harryspina@gmail.com
Phone Number: +234-803-713-0475

Accept our heartily congratulations once again!
Regards.

Mr. Tony O. MiTchael
Promotion Manager
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Lottery Service Providers, FREE POST NEA 12220, Leeds, LS6 2YY Â The Great Weather Lottery is approved and certified by the Gaming Board for Great Britain

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