419 scam: "CREDIT COMMISION INC." <ctcinc-london-uk@inbox.com> RE:RE:URGENT!.

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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: "CREDIT COMMISION INC." <ctcinc-london-uk@inbox.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:09:21 -0800
Subject: RE:RE:URGENT!.

ATTN: MR. AUDRICK,

YOU WON THIS LOTTERY BONANZA FROM A COMPUTER BALLOT DRAWS WHICH THE LOTTERY COMPANY ORGANIZED IN LAUNCHING THEIR COMPUTER EMAIL BALLOTING LOTTERY DRWAS, THIS IS DEVELOPED AND ARRANGED TO SATISFY THE CRAVINGS OF THE THEIR EVER GROWING NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR VARIOUS LOTTERY PROGRAMMES OR BONANZAS.

SO YOU WAS SELECTED AMONG MANY PARTICIPANTS FROM AN INITIAL DATABASE OF NUMEROUS EMAILS ADDRESS AND AT THE END YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS EMERGED AS ONE OF THE WINNER OF THE COMPUTER DRAW. SO YOU DID NOT PLAY DIRECTLY, BUT YOUR EMAIL WON YOU THE PRIZE.

THIS IS A FREE LOTTERY PROMOTION BY THE LOTTERY AGENCY TO UPGRADE THEIR LOTTERY BONANZA ON THE INTERNET, YOU MUST NOT PLAY DIRECTLY TO WIN THIS. HOPE YOU ARE CLEAR NOW?

CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN MONEY LAW, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM, WE SHALL PROVIDE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL SERVE THE PURPOSE. WE WILL GO ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND ACT ACCORDINGLY TO TRANSFER PAYMENT TO YOU.

SEND TO US YOUR INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED TO YOUR PAYMENT, HURRY UP NOW TO DI IN ORDER TO RECEIVE PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY.

DAVID RASSER.

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