419 scam: "BARCLAY'S ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP ONLINE AWARD"<info@premiership.org> BARCLAY'S WORLD ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO!!

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- ",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.
- phillip_wright@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BARCLAY'S ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP ONLINE AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ukentrydeptsec@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:08:55 -0800
Subject: BARCLAY'S WORLD ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO!!

BARCLAY'S ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP ELECTRONIC LOTTERY AWARD CONGRATULATES YOU AS A WINNER

Our ref: A2000 SO/Ab/CI049/01

Number 02/HW

Ticket No.17212

Ref No.475061725

Serial: 7741137002

Batch No:7056490900/188

Winner's No: Gb8701/LPrc

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you that THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BARCLAYS ENGLISH

PREMIERSHIP LEAGUE has just concluded an Electronic Lottery Awards for different

categories, ranging from Footballers, Football fans, and Sports lovers in general.

The results show that Your e-mail won the lottery in the your category. You are

here by approved a lump payment of One million Great Britain Pounds

(GBP1,000,000.00Pounds) as prize for winning the 4th category of the lottery.

Your selection was based on a computer balloting system drawn from 20 million

E-mail addresses from Brazil, Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe,

Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program

which is being conducted for the first time.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact our fiducially agent with the Information required, quote your

Reference, batch and winning numbers e.t.c, which can be found on the top left

corner of this notification as well as your

Full Name :

Address:

Age:

Sex:

Occupation:

Telephone:

To help locate your file easily.

Contact your regional agent,

Mr Phillip Wright

Email: (phillip_wright@ymail.com)

or

(phillip_wright@sify.com)

so as to file your winnings for payment.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information

Confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize is

been released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double

claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programmed by non-participant

or unofficial personnel.

Congratulations once more on your winnings!!!

Best Regards

Sincerely,

Zonal Co-ordinator.

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