419 scam: "MR. JERRY BLAKE"<jerryblk@gmail.com> Congatulations!!! You have just won $1,000,000.00

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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")
- "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states 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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a 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!
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.
- +447045700390 (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.
- agentphilip.rotary2010@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. JERRY BLAKE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <philipscrown009@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:47:24 -0700
Subject: Congatulations!!! You have just won $1,000,000.00

From Desk of the Promotions Manager,
International Promotions/Prize Award Department,
Rotary Foundation Int’l Lottery promotion

Re: Award Winning Notification Final.

We are pleased to inform you that your name was enlisted amongst 19 (Nineteen) lucky winners in today’s release of Rotary Foundation Int’l Lottery Promotion Program held on the 189h of June 2010. In accordance with the Rotary Foundation int’l promotion award procedure, your Name was attached to Ticket No. 992-750, with Serial No. 211-09 that drew the Lucky No. 19-30-32, which consequently won the Lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for the lump sum payout of $1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars only). Your Payment File Ref. Number is LP/26510037/10. This is from a total prize release of $21M (Twenty One Million United States Dollars only) shared among the Nineteen (19) International Winners approved in different categories.

Due to the mix-up of some numbers, we request that you should keep this Award Winning Notification, a top secret (confidential) from the general public until your total Won Prize is processed and released to you, as this is part of our security protocols /measures put in place to checkmate malpractices and to avoid double claiming of awards or unwarranted taking advantage of this program. NOTE also that all participants in this lottery exercise were selected randomly through a Computer Ballot System, drawn from 25,000 existing names from USA, Europe, Australia, Asia, Middle-East, South and North America as part of our International Promotions Program (I.P.P), conducted annually by the Rotary Foundation int’l. You should therefore count yourself lucky that your own name was selected amongst other names and you name have just emerged a lucky winner in this 2010 edition of this program. Congratulations!

TO REDEEM YOUR PRIZE, please contact the Issuing Authority, through your assigned Lotto Award Claims Agent in UK, the attention of Mr. Philips Crown via his email address (agentphilip.rotary2010@gmail.com) or telephone number +44 7045700390, for instant processing and disbursement of your allocated Won Prize. REMEMBER, all allocated "Won prizes" must be claimed not later than 15th of July 2010. After this date, all Won Prizes unclaimed would be returned to the organizers of this promotion as unclaimed Prizes. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to reconfirm your Payment File Ref. Number and Batch number. Do not also forget to ask for your Award Winning Certificate.
Congratulations Once Again!

Thanks,

From Mr.Jerry Blake
The Promotions Manager,
Rotary Foundation int’l (UK).

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