419 scam: "THE BC-49 MILLION LOTTO"<susan@btinternet.com> THE BC-49

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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:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million 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)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447924517831
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.
- bc49ukclaimofficeuk2010@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "THE BC-49 MILLION LOTTO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bc49ukclaimofficeuk2010@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:43:24 +0200
Subject: THE BC-49

THE BC-49 MILLION LOTTO
LOTTO PROMOTION
HEAD OFFICE
10 Friendly Street United Kingdom

Dear Winner,

On behalf of CANADA BC-49 Millions Lottery/Lotto Promotion United Kingdom; I wish to announce you as one of the 7 lucky winners in the Lotto draw held on 3rd January 2010 and was announced March 23rd 2010.All 5 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 20,000 international emails. Your email address emerged along side 6 others as a 2nd category winner. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of GBP.680, 000.00 (Six Hundred and Eight thousand British Pounds only).

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(I) Serial Batch No: 092010902-6
(II) Winning 1 2 11 32 36 39 Bonus 12
(III) Ref No: BC49-2010496061-00.

Please contact the under mentioned claim officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings: The Fund Release Order Foreign Operation & International Centre
Contact Person:
MR JUBRIL AMEEL
BC49 Claims Office London United Kingdom.
EMAIL:bc49ukclaimofficeuk2010@gmail.com
Contact Tel: + 447924517831
Forward the below listed details for immediate commencement of your payment process:-

1, YOUR NAME
2, ADDRESS/COUNTRY
3, YOUR WINNING NUMBERS/REFERENCE NUMBER
4, YOUR DATE OF BIRTH/AGE
5, YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.
6, YOUR OCCUPATION

This email notification is auto-generated and it is valid for four weeks. Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

Ms Lorraine Cinderella

The Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the African/European Union Lotto Corporation/Microsoft Companies, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies in order to promote the FIFA 2010 World Cup to be hosted in SOUTH AFRICA. The lotto internet draw is organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Dollars are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=6

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program that has successfully won this Competition. Thank you for being part of our Promotional lottery program. Yours Sincerely, Ms Lorraine Cinderella Zonal Secretary Mr. James Spencer Zonal Co-coordinator Mrs. Patricia Hope Asst. Gen. Sec Mr. Grey Johnson Canadian/American Zonal Secretary General. Switzerland Zonal Co-coordinator for African Winners Dr Bill Wilson.

African/European Head Office Baumgarten-strasse 15 Postfach 686 Geneva CH-8201 Schaffhausen Dr Peter Martins Head South African Offshore Payment Office Madrid, Spain. Emily Simon.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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