419 scam: "MRS CANDY SNELL"<mrscandysnell321@canadianlott.org> CONGRATULATION DEAR WINNER

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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:
- "pastor321@blumail.org" (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: "MRS CANDY SNELL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrscandysnell@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 15:02:40 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATION DEAR WINNER

Canadian Lottery (Lotto lore)
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom.

Winning Notification

CONGRATULATION DEAR WINNER,

We happily announce to you the result of the National Lotto 6/49 lottery draws Held on 2th of May 2010 - Lotto 6/49, in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario, Canada. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personal e-mail addresses.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 7560 4545 100 with serial number 046560 drew the winning numbers 12 13 17 34 40 47 Bonus 9 you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 in cash credited to file EAAL/ 9080118308/04. Please note that your lucky winning numbers fall within our African booklet representative office in Nigeria as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your US$820,000.00 would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact their office. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in Africa immediately you read this message for quick an d urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow;

NAME: Pastor Johnson
EMAIL:pastor321@blumail.org
You are required to FILL and SUBMIT the following informations below.
NAME:.............................
AGE:..............................
SEX:..............................
ADDRESS:..........................
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:.....................
OCCUPATION:.......................
STATE:.................................
COUNTRY:..........................

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program to all that have successfully won this competition and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Candy Snell.
Customer Service: 680 NCA 859

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