419 scam: "Diego Carlos" <bemn122serviceswe@btconnect.com> 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:

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.
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: "Diego Carlos" <bemn122serviceswe@btconnect.com>
Reply-To: "Diego Carlos" <diegocarlos0205@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 11:11:02 -0700
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION

Re: FINAL NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you of the release of the GLOBAL INTÂ´L SWEEPSTAKE ESPAÃ‘A, S.A. program held on the 10th May, 2017. The results were released on the 24th May, 2017. Your name attached to ticket number 214-1781-501 with serial number 7216-05 drew the lucky numbers of 21â€”8-36-39-42-45 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay-out of $US 915,810.00 in cash credited to file with REF.NO.GTT/O76841284616ESP, BATCH.NO.130505ES This is from a total cash prize of $US5,599,999, shared among the international winners in their respective categories.

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