419 scam: BBC NATIONAL LOTTERY <info.bbc.co.uk@iservicesmail.com> Your Email Winning No={25}

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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:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million pounds" (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)
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.
- info.bbcnl@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BBC NATIONAL LOTTERY <info.bbc.co.uk@iservicesmail.com>
Reply-To: info.bbcnl@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:31:00 +0200
Subject: Your Email Winning No={25}

BBC.CO.UK NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIM HOME
HEADQUARTER, UNITED KINGDOM
===========================
The National Lottery Results
Draw Number: 1519
Winning Numbers: {01} {15} {25} {26} {40} {43} BONUS {16}

Saturday July 10th
Check Your Email Winning No={25}
on this site below
website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to announce your email address as one of the 300 lucky stars
winners in the Bbc.co.uk national lottery promo draw held on the July 14th
2010. All 300 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of
200,000,000 {TWO HUNDRED MILLION} international emails addresses.

Your email have been approved to claim the sum of £500,000GBP (FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND POUNDS),We are proud to say that over GBP £25 Million Pounds
are won annually in more than 130 countries world-wide.

The Bbc.co.uk national lottery promotion draw is held once in every three years
interval. And is also organized to encourage the use of internet and computers.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential until you claim your winning prize. You are required to provide us
with the information below for verification.

You must be 18 & above before you can claim your prize
(VERIFICATION FORM)

FULL NAME:________________
ADDRESS:__________________
STATE:____________________
COUNTRY:__________________
SEX:______________________
AGE:______________________
MARITAL STATUS:___________
PHONE NUMBER:_____________
FAX:______________________
OCCUPATION:_______________
COMPANY'S NAME IF ANY:____
POSITION:_______________

Sincerely,
Mr.Brian Adams
Promotion Manager.

Reply this email with the information for claim
E-mail: info.bbcnl@yahoo.com.hk

Revital Manor
National Coordinator
Congratulations once again
Copyright © 2009 Bbc.co.uk national lottery Online Promotion Inc

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