419 scam: Canadian Lottery Promo 2010 <bill.kelvin941@gmail.com> Your E-mail Address Has Won The Canadian Lottery Promo 2010.....$

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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 agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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 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.
- +447024037787 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- jamesken12@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Canadian Lottery Promo 2010 <bill.kelvin941@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesken12@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:26:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your E-mail Address Has Won The Canadian Lottery Promo 2010.....$

Canadian Lottery (Lotto lore)

Headquarters: 1b, Bevon Court Carlton

Nottingham shire NG4 1SQ Essex

United Kingdom.

Dear Winner,

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer Balloting.This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Game in which email addresses were selected at random, all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it and on that regards, the Canadian Lottery Board wishes to inform you that your email address have won the sum of $850,000.00USD (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) in cash credited to file with:

REFERENCE NUMBER EAAL/9080118308/2010.

WINNING NUMBER : 2 6 20 23 38 45 Bonus 24

BATCH NUMBERS : B7898 8798 2456 190

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed claims agent below as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings with your full below details.

REV. DEREK MILTON (Claims Agent)

Email: jamesken12@gmail.com

Contact Phone Number:+447024037787

1) Your Full Name:

2) Contact Address:

3) Tel/Mobile Number:

4) Occupation:

5) Sex:

6) Age:

7) Nationality

Note: Any prize not claimed on or before 15days from the date of draw will have his or her prize forfeited and terminated. Please make sure you send all your winning information to: jamesken12@gmail.com on receipt of this email.

Congratulations once again from all our staff..

Mrs Anna Edward

Secretary General,

Canadian Lottery Program.

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