419 scam: "Mary Spencer" <mary.spencer@onet.pl> BITCOIN WINNING 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:

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:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
- "million 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.
- jayhammondcole@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mary Spencer" <mary.spencer@onet.pl>
Reply-To: "Mary Spencer" <jayhammondcole@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 00:31:03 -0800
Subject: BITCOIN WINNING NOTIFICATION

Multi-State Lottery Association
1200 35th St., Ste. 701 West Des
Moines,
IA 50266-1908 U.S
Reference Number: BCL/19-DE/9317

Batch: BCL/06/41

Dear Winner,

BITCOIN WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Multi-State Lottery Association is happy to inform you of the result of the just concluded end of month draws of the Bitcoin International Lottery draws.Unlike the weekly Wednesday and Saturday night
jackpot and cash game,This international lottery is conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies worldwide picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the internet as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every month. No tickets were sold. https://lottery.bitcoin.com/

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $1,000,000.00 (One Million united states dollars) in cash credited to file BCL/19-DE/9317. This is
from a total cash prize of 50,000,000 (Fifty Million Dollars shared amongst the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we
advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted advantage of this program by the general public.

You have been assigned an independent financial claims consultant,accredited by the Multi-State Lottery Association,whom would assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated bank account. For claims processing and remittance of your cash prize money to you.please immediately provide the under listed information.

NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................

Please you are advised to immediately contact our accredited financial claims agent through email or fax for prompt collection of your funds.

(CONTACT FIDUCIARY FINANCIAL AGENT)
Name:Hammond cole
E mail: Jayhammondcole@gmail.com

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 2 weeks. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference BCL/19-DE/9317 and Batch
numbers (BCL/06/41) in every correspondence with your agent.Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from staff of Bitcoin International Lottery.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Mary Spencer.
Consultant,Bitcoin International
Lottery

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