419 scam: "CANADIAN LOTTERY INC." <> Congratulation:your email has won USD$820,000.00 Canadian 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.
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.
- +2348065450501 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- sir.jamesduke@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "CANADIAN LOTTERY INC." <>
Reply-To: sir.jamesduke@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:13:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Congratulation:your email has won USD$820,000.00 Canadian Lottery.

Congratulation:your email has won USD$820,000.00 Canadian Lottery Canadian Lottery (Lotto lore) Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton Nottingham shire NG4 1SQ Essex United Kingdom Winning notification Dear Winner, We happily announce to you the result of the National Lotto 6/49 lottery draws held on Thursday, July 22, 2010 , 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 3 11 32 34 44 48 Bonus 33 You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of USD$820,000.00 in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/04. Please note that your lucky winning numbers fall within our Africa booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your USD$820,000.00 would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in Africa. Our Africa 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 and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow: - Name:Sir James Duke Email: sir.jamesduke@gmail.com Contact no:+2348065450501 You are required to contact the agent with your information below. 1)Your name.................. 2)Your address.................. 3)Telephone number.............. 4)Martial Status................... 5)Age..................... 6)Gender.............. 7)Occupation.............. 8)Nationality............... 9)Account Number.............. 10)Bank Name and address..................... 11)Date of birth.............................. 13)Language.............................. 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 smith. Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914

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