419 scam: rosed daniels <rosedaniels001@yahoo.co.uk> CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAS WON

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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 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.
- ricspencerlottery@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rosed daniels <rosedaniels001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:07:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAS WON

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT LONDON ZONE.
VIRGIN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO IN CONJUCTION WITH BRITISH LOTTERY OLYMPIC PUZZLE
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
REF NO: PILS/SA/UK/69-810278,
Ticket Number 06-08-10-19-30-42

It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged as Category "A" winner of our Virgin International Lottery United Kingdom (UK)
Our Lottery software device of random screening of email addresses and names have selected you for this months winning draw.You are entitled to a prize sum of Five Million Great British Pounds.

This is part of the Country's Programme to fund for the Olympic games come 2012,The £1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4719851.stm).
Lottery Organizations must raise £1.5bn over the next seven years to pay its share of the public money going into the Olympics Games in 2012.

A further £650m will be raised from council tax in London and another £250m from the London Development Agency, while similar sums will be raised from ticket sales, marketing, sponsorship and the sale of television rights.
Note:Your Reference number for your prize is PILS/SA/UK/69-810278,Ticket Number 06-08-10-19-30-42

For more Information to immediately collect your prize winnings, you are to contact our Category "A" financial Handler whose information you will find below

Mr. Richard Spencer,
Virgin Corporation/Pension Trust,
London,
United Kingdom.
Email:ricspencerlottery@yahoo.co.uk
www.Virgininternationallottery.org

We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you will participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.

Thank you

Sincerely,

THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
VIRGIN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY UK.
St.Catherine's Court Herbert Road
Solihull West Midlands
United Kingdom B91 3QE
Web site: http://www.virgin.com
www.Virgininternationallottery.org

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