419 scam: "Terry Allen" <info@allen.com> FILE IN YOUR CLAIMS.

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "british lottery international" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- terry.allen31@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- ref: eaasl/941oyi/02 batch: 12/25/0034 reply to :terry.allen31@gmail.com file in your claims. we happily announce to you the draw (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Terry Allen" <info@allen.com>
Reply-To: terry.allen31@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:39:12 +0800
Subject: FILE IN YOUR CLAIMS.

British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 Tanfield Road,
Croydon.London
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02
Batch: 12/25/0034
Reply to :terry.allen31@gmail.com

FILE IN YOUR CLAIMS.

We happily announce to you the draw of the British Lottery International
programs held on the 4th September 2009 in London.Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew
the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of(Two
million, five hundred thousand, United StatesDollars)usd in cash. This is
from a total cash prize of,one hundred and twenty five million unite states
dollars shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery.The
estimated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history. The
biggest was the USD363million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000
drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of
this, yourTwo million, five hundred thousand,United States Dollars would be
released to you by our affiliate bank in London.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draw system and
extracted from over100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually.For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
what ever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
with the details details for processing of your claims.

AGENT: Mr. Benjamin Woodgate.
Email: woodgate.benjamin2@gmail.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full Names/
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank
you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Terry Allen.
British Lottery Coordinator.
Email:terry.allen31@gmail.com

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