419 scam: Canadian Lotto!!<claims@lotterycanadalive.com> RE : WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "claims@lotterycanadalive.com" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: Canadian Lotto!!<claims@lotterycanadalive.com>
Date: 12 Nov 2015 02:35:38 -0800
Subject: RE : WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

REF Number : CAN/231-ILGI0431/04
BATCH Number : CANDA/15/096/PTNL
TICKET Number : 20511465897-6291
SERIAL Number : 472-971103
LUCKY Number : 05 08 18 28 37 43 49

RE : WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Sir, Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Canadian
Lottery Winners International programs held on the 5th of Nov
2015 Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 20511465897-
6291 with Serial number 472-971103 drew lucky numbers 05 08 18 28
37 43 49 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 1,500,000.00
(One Million ,Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars).This
is from a total cash prize of USD$15,000,000.00 Million shared
among Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A ( Plus )+
. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to
obtain a clearance, which shall be attached to your Document in
readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated
bank account with 24 hours of completion of the authentication.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
your winning information very confidential until your claims have
been processed as the Beneficiary Certificate Ownership Winning
Notification, Stamp duties and re-activation of Account of your
prize /money remitted in readiness of the subsequent onward
transfer into your nominated Bank Account is completed

This is in conformity with the latest transfer regulations signed
by the Organization / United Kingdom Government since this is
part of our Security protocol measures to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 100,000,000 Companies and 200,000,000 individual email
addresses and names from all over the world, through the aid of
our insurance Company

This promotional program takes place annually. We hope you will
take part in our next year USD$45 Million International lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our /your fiducial agent
MR MARK BLAKE the DOLLAR ACCREDITED PAYMENT AGENT

Email : mark@canadianlottery.org
claims@lotterycanadalive.com

NOTE: That all winnings must be claimed not later than 30th of
Nov 2015. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in
the next stake. Anybody under the age of 16 is automatically
disqualified.

Finally, we call on you to make sure that you note every letter
clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should
there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on
your part. So you are to expedite action in claiming of your
funds, for delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other
words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. In order to
avoid unnecessary delays and mistakes, Kindly remember to quote
your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our
agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our
members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.

Yours truly
Mr Harry Herman
Lottery Coordinator

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