419 scam: "European Lottery Board Commission"<jhnngng@aol.com> Re:Read Carefully!!!

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- lbcommission@googlemail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "European Lottery Board Commission" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lbcommission@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:31:43 +0200
Subject: Re:Read Carefully!!!

14 CAREER
LUIS APT 1-2
08032 Leiden,The Netherlands.
Email Address: lbcommission@googlemail.com

Good Day,
We want to confirm from your end if you have successfully
receive your Funds from the European Lottery Board Commission
(EBC) and according to our investigation regarding your
Funds placed under unclaimed, we gathered that you were ask to pay some
Charges and you were unable to raise the money.
Please we want you to send us the following information
below to enable us loan you the money.
1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Contact Address:
3. Your Phone Number:
Note with this three information we will be able to send
you the money to enable you make legal claims.
Once again,Act according to enable management work accordingly,Thanks for your understanding.

Warm Regard
Paul James.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
The information transmitted is the property of the LBC and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail may not represent those of the company. Any review, retransmission, dissemination and other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, received late or incomplete, or could contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any error or omission in the contents of this message, which arises as a result of e-mail transmission.
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