419 scam: "2010 LOTTERY PROMOTION"<mrslinda.rose@ymail.com> YOU HAVE WON YOUR SELF $2,000,000.00

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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:
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- smithmartinsfile@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "2010 LOTTERY PROMOTION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <promotbcocacolapromotion@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:13:45 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON YOUR SELF $2,000,000.00

2010 LOTTERY PROMOTION

COLA-COLA COMPANY AND

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Our Esteem Winner,

Congratulations your email is among the three lucky winners that won $2,000,000.00{Two million United State Dollars}. with winning lucky number: 14 21 30 39 40 47 31 in the just concluded south Africa world cup bid 2010 promotion sponsored by Coca-Cola Company and British American tobacco companies here in South Africa

You are to call London for enquiry:

CONTCAT YOU’RE CLAIMING AGENT:

Contact: Smith Grandi

Tel: 0044 7011 137 593

EMAIL:smithmartinsfile@gmail.com

COMPLETE THE VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

Full Names:

Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd):

Gender:

Occupation :

Address:

Country:

Winning file number/Email :

Telephone Nos/ID NUMBER :

Amount won :

Any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelation of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner. You are hereby, strongly advised to keep your winning information strictly confidential. Note: You have One week from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forfeit your winnings.

Yours Faithfully,

Management.
Smith Martins

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