419 scam: "BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY" <info@britishlottory.com> BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49,

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "2010 promotional draw" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
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.
- +447035984143 (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.
- dpdcourierservice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY" <info@britishlottory.com>
Reply-To: dpdcourierservice@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:20:32 -0500 (PET)
Subject: BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49,

BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49,
70 Foster Drive, Suite 800, Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario, P6A 6V2, Canada.
Winning No: 03 07 25 30 41 43
Bonus No: 28

Ref No: IMP/73253CA/2009
Batch No: 642376/CA/2009.

BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY 2010 NEW YEAR PROMOTION.

The Government in collaboration with the British Government and the
World Gaming Board are the sponsors of this online emails lottery for
compensation and grant for both past lottery winners and the entire
world public for purpose of Infrastructural development as an online
compensation for all internet users.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2010
Promotional Draw held on the month of semteber 20, 2010 here in Manchester
in the United Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address was attached
to REF No; IMP/73253CA/2009, with Batch No: 642376/CA/2009 draw in the
Winning No: 03 07 25 30 41 43, Bonus No: 28 for BC-49 Lotto under the
choice of the lottery in the 1st category of bi-weekly six.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site(wwws)
through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000
companies and personal e-mails operator and user. So your email,is
your online automatic ticket that qualified you for this draw. You are
therefore been approved to claim the total sum of 520,000.00 GBP (Five
Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds Sterling).

In view of this, your 520,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand
Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by following the directives
of the courier company. Our London- UK courier will immediately
commence the processing of your payment to facilitate the release of
your funds as soon as you contact the office. So you are required to
forward the following details to our trusted courier company to help
facilitate the processing of your claims:

You are to contact the Dynamic Parcel Delivery Company for payment
with details below:
Contact Name: David Moore.
Courier Name: Dynamic Parcel Delivery Company
E.mail: dpdcourierservice@gmail.com
Telephone:+447-035-98-4143

FILL PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM BELOW:
1 FULL NAMES:________
2.ADDRESS:__________
3.AGE AND SEX:________
4 MARITAL STATUS:_____
5.OCCUPATION:________
6.E-MAIL ADDRESS:______
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
8.YOUR WINNING AND BONUS NUMBERS__________
9.BATCH NUMBER AS LISTED ABOVE______________
10.AMOUNT WON:________
11.COUNTRY___________
12 HOW DO YOU FELL BEEN A WINNER____________

Remember, you are to contact the (Dynamic Parcel Delivery Courier
Company), to claim your prize, send your reference and batch number
and payment processing form to their email:dpdcourierservice@gmail.com

Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the
public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim
by Winner.

Congratulation!!

Sincerely,
Mary Jordan (Mrs.)
Lottery Controller General
BC-49 Lottery.

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