419 scam: "SCOTLAND"<scotlandnationallottery@scotlandmail.com> SCOTLAND.

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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: "SCOTLAND" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drjonesjaye@scotlandmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 00:22:16 +0200
Subject: SCOTLAND.

22 Global Max House
Gosforth Edinburgh
NE3 4PL Scotland
United Kingdom.

Scotland National Lottery in conjuction with UK Lottery announces you today as one of the lucky winner of 2010 lottery.
Your email address emerged one of the undisclosed-recipients winners of GBP 2.500, 000.00 cash each in Category
"A" held for E-business promotional draws from 21,000 Email-addresses of Individuals/companies
base on computer balloting all over the world. You are attached with Ref NO:S/L0N15-SS000-SON & Batch
No:11/SLLSLSL/000-SLSL.Contact the Claim Manager DR.JONES JAYE on his private
Email:drjonesjaye@scotlandmail.com ,with your FULL NAME, AGE, RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, OCCUPATION,SEX,
TEL&FAX NUMBER, REF&BATCH NUMBERS,to claim your money.

Yours Sincerely
Stella Andrew.
NB:CONTACT DR.JONES JAYE AND INDICATE YOUR DESIRE MODE OF PAYMENT IN THIS REGARD.

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