419 scam: "The National Council for Voluntary Organizations" <guardamar@vbfutbolbase.es> (no subject)

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",500,000" (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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "ncvohelpdesk@wduty.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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: "The National Council for Voluntary Organizations" <guardamar@vbfutbolbase.es>
Reply-To: ncvohelpdesk@wduty.com
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:45:51 +0800 (HKT)
Subject:

The National Council for Voluntary Organizations (NCVO)
Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London
N1 9RL, United Kingdom

OFFICIAL CASH PRIZE ANNUAL WEB ON-LINE GRANT

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of National Council for Voluntary Organization Promo.

The on-line National Council for Voluntary Organizations draws was
conducted by a random of selected email addresses from an exclusive list
of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by
an advanced automated random computer (TOPAZ) search from the Internet.
However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one
of (12) twelve winners in the fourth category for the second prize with
the following data:

Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750
Winning Number:103220

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of
£1,500,000.00 Great British Pounds each from the total payout. Your prize
award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to
you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations,verifications,
validations and satisfactory report. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our regional booklet office in your country as
indicated in your play coupon.

You are advice to contact the following claims agent for winning
proceedings.

Claims Agent: Mr Mac Greg
Email: ncvohelpdesk@wduty.com

YOU ARE TO INDICATE YOUR PREFER OPTION SUITABLE FOR YOU IN RELEASING OF
YOUR FUNDS.

1. BANK TO BANK TRANSFER.
2. DELIVERY BY CERTIFIED CHEQUE

once again congratulations!!!!!

Yours Faithfully,
Mr Thomas Hole.

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