419 scam: "Rev.Dr. Robert Muller"<robertmuller@bbconline.com> BBC NATIONAL LOTTERY

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
- "robertmul876@atlas.cz" (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: "Rev.Dr. Robert Muller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <robertmul876@atlas.cz>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:25:25 -0800
Subject: BBC NATIONAL LOTTERY

BBC NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAW
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/
Wenesday November 17th draw no. 1529
winning numbers 02 13 16 24 25 40 BONUS 18

WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" IL/FLW/12-C033721192 :

WINNING CLAIM

Dear Sir/Madam

It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged as a

Category "A" winner of the Department of National Lottery.

CONGRATULATIONS! You are entitled to a prize sum of one

million united state Dollars (1,000,000.00.Usd) Reference

number for your prize is IL/FLW/12-C033721192 , ticket number

A/03-4912. As a category "A" winner, you have been selected

from a total number of 100,000 names drawn from Asia, Africa,

Europe, Middle East and America. After the computer ballot of

our International Promotions Program, only Ten winners

emerged in this category and therefore are to receive payouts

of one million united state Dollars (1,000,000.00Usd) from

the total 10,000,000.00Usd for second category winners.

To immediately collect your prize, please contact our

Category "B" Fiduciary Agent with information below:

1.Full Name
2.Ticket number and file number
3.Telephone and fax
4.Residencial Address

Rev.Dr. Robert Muller
Claim Agent
UNITED KINGDOM
Email:robertmul876@atlas.cz

Provide prize reference number IL/FLW/12-C033721192 and

winning ticket number-A/03-4912 for confirmation. In your

best interests, you must initiate contact within one week of

receipt of this correspondence.Social security bank (GF-SGF)

UNITED KINGDOM will handle all financial matters with regards

to claiming your prize. You are also advised to send a copy

of this email to our fiduciary Agent handler Dr.Rev.Robert

Muller ,when contacting him. You are to keep all lotto

information from the public as we will not entertain cases of

multiple claims processing or compromise the privacy and

security for all winners. Other necessary International Lotto

United Kingdom (UK) information are:

Draw 1 number: 01-11417
Draw 2 number: 02-7962
Draw 3 number: 03-4365
International Lottery code no: IL56009

You may be required to provide any of the above information

during the process of collecting your prize. We congratulate

you once again and it is our hope that you participate in any

of our international programs in the nearest future. Thank

you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. phillps Andrea
Promotions Manager
Department of National Lottery

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