419 scam: "BALLACK"<INFO.OfficialGlobal_lotto@global.net> =Congratulation! To You = 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:
- ",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)
- "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)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- johnballack1955@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BALLACK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnballack1955@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:13:42 -0700
Subject: =Congratulation! To You = Lucky Winner=

Good New's''

I want to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of the winners selected this month. This promotion was created to encourage active users of Hotmail, outlook, msn, yahoo, Google search engine and the Google helper service with profile names of Internet site's and social media users. it is my pleasure to report back to you that your Email have won you the sum of $10,000,000.00 USD.

The online draws were conducted using a random selection of profile names from a unique list of individuals and corporate entities chosen through a final random computer search on the Internet.

The online draws were conducted using a random selection of profile names from a unique list of individuals and corporate entities chosen through a final random computer search on the Internet. however, no tickets were sold due to the corona-virus ( Covid19 pandemic) , but all Email ID were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy purposes. The selection process was carried out by means of random selection in our computerized selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of more than 930,000 Email's of profiles extracted from all over the world. This lottery is approved by the Gaming Board of the Republic of Benin and is also authorized by the International Association for Gambling Regulation (IAGR), UBA Group Bank ( United Bank For Africa ) and United Nation. This lottery is the third of its kind and we aim to sensitize the public. You are entitled to receive the total sum of TEN Million United States Dollar's ( $10,000,000.00 USD)

To claim your winning prize kindly send the following detail's below,

1) your full name: ______________

2) name of your country and city: ______________

3) your contact phone number: _____________

4) any valid form of your ID CARD copy/ driver's license copy or international passport copy: ______________

Make sure you send all detail's below to this very email:-- johnballack1955@yahoo.com

As soon as we receive your personal information's, it will be sent to the paying Bank and they will use your
detail's to open a new Online Bank Account for you and your winning fund's :- $10,000,000.00 USD will be
deposited into your new Online Bank Account then all your new online account detail's will be sent to you by
email including a guideline's on how to login into your online bank account and transfer funds.

Note: With your online bank account you will be able to be transferring your winning funds from your online bank account to your local bank account without delay.

REGARDS,

Mr. JOHN BALLACK
Director
online game board
Republic Du Benin
COTONOU!

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