419 scam: NEW YEAR LOTTERY PROMO <lottebf@rediffmail.com> FUND TRANSFER INFORMATION

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- johnson_kone_chambers@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: NEW YEAR LOTTERY PROMO <lottebf@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: claiming_manager_ukbf@live.fr
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:34:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FUND TRANSFER INFORMATION

FUND TRANSFER INFORMATION

!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION



Number of joker :

                         Your Kind Attention

NATIONAL LOTTERY/ BURKINA-FASO IN COLABORATION WITH GOLD MINING COMPANY.

Dear Lucky Winner,
Attn/ WINNER,

Ticket Number: 6325698-44596-222
Serial Number: 410-32659
Draw Lucky number: 4014-236985744-596
File No: LP/26510460037/03
Batch No: 24/00319/IPE

                                             !!!!!!!!!!Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

The launch of the first lottery was conducted in Burkina Faso on which each winner must come to aid, it has been selected as a result of the crisis and the promises to end the crisis that cannon lottery finance it, "Upon receiving this mail please know that you are the winner of our lottery to fund projects in Africa and the developing countries by citizens of Africa, EUROPE, AMERICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA to be winner of a batch which performs in Burkina Faso for the year 2011.

You have just won the total sum of $850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand USA AMERICAN DOLLARS.

HOW TO PASS THE TOMBOLA

With a circulation selective mails via our robot selector mails you are fired choice in receiving a code number winner. You have been chosen to pocket the sum of $850,000.00 USA DOLLAR
         $850,000.00
www.acculotto.com

     WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO RECEIVE YOUR WINNING MONEY.
                $850,000.00

Contact the lawyer responsible for your file which holds the liaison between you and the community to which you will come to help with 10% of your gain, it is the lawyer who will unlock your prize to the Bank here in Burkina Faso to your destination bank account anywhere in the world.

A reading of this message, please complete this information back in your email that will allow us to put you in contact with the lawyer who has been overseeing this raffle and get back as soon as possible to enable us proccesse your winning money transfer without no futher delay. So complete the following cage and send back immediately

                                       $850,000.00

FUND TRANSFER INFORMATION.

Full Name:
Country:
City:
Postal Code:
Télephone No:
Fax No:
Address:
Profession:
Age:

                     BANK TRANSFER INFORMATION

BANK NAME:
BANK ADDRESS:
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:
BANK SWIFT CODE / ROUTING NUMBER:

Please fill your full details and sent a confirmation message to the lawyer who supervise the raffle.

HON. BARR. JOHNSON KONE (ESQ).
Email:::  johnson_kone_chambers@yahoo.com
Tel::::     00226 75 60 70 82

MR. WILLIAM SMITH

Operations Manager
00226 78 51 19 23

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