419 scam: "Ohio Lottery Commission"<Ohio@aol.com> Your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2009) and ballot number (BT: 120

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- "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)
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.
- jpaulohio@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ohio Lottery Commission" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jpaulOhio@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 06:51:34 -0500
Subject: Your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2009) and ballot number (BT: 12052011/20)

Ohio Lottery Commission
615 W. Superior Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44113

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded 2012 draws held on the {6th of Janaury, 2012} by Ohio Lottery Commission Worldwide Promotion. Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $2,000,000.00{Two Million United states Dollars} each in the Ohio Lottery Commission} Online Promo. This draw is being organized to create and improve a larger awareness record for internet users worldwide. However the results were released on the {7th of January, 2012} and your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2009) and ballot number (BT: 12052011/20)

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031,643 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) .
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the online coordinator and provide him with the following information's as stated below, so we can proceed with the verification and clearance process of your file.

1. Full Names: ........................... 2. Residential Address: .......................
3. Phone Number:...................... 4. Fax Number: ..................................
5. Occupation: .......................... 6. Sex: ................................................
7. Age: .......................................8. Nationality:....................................
9. Ballot No. :...............................10.Ticket No.:........................................

Jordan Paul
Online coordinator.
Email: jpaulOhio@aol.com

*You are advised to forward the above information's as soon as possible to Enable us attend to your file. You are to keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid issues of friends or relatives trying to claim a prize on the rightful winner's behalf.

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and associates.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Rose Anderson
Head of Council
Verifications Department.

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