419 scam: kelvin Berns <kelvin_nlp2006@yahoo.ca> LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCEDURE AND FOR VERIFICATION.

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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 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: kelvin Berns <kelvin_nlp2006@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:51:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCEDURE AND FOR VERIFICATION.

Attn: Lucky Winner.

Congratulations on your winning.
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your certificate and the release of your winnings.

1. Ticket Numbers
2. Your Full Names
3. Winning Numbers
4. Age.
5. Phone Number
6. residential Address

You are adviced to forward these informations as soon as possible to enable us attend to your file. Please note that your funds have been deposited safely in our offshore payment office in europe and Africa and your information will be forwarded to them before they can release your winnings. After you have sent down these information, after processing, a certificate will be presented to you.

This is an authenthication of winning from this office to the offshore payment office before the funds are released. It is also a proof of the source of the funds. Once again, congratulations.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Kelvin Berns.

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