419 scam: "Brian Rogers"<u@loto.com> YOU HAVE WON LIMCA 2011 AWARD

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "very confidential" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Brian Rogers" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <germeta@rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:33:10 +0530
Subject: YOU HAVE WON LIMCA 2011 AWARD

LIMCA Award Promotion
Ref:EUR-15/AB7026451-ES
Batch: WHL/POT/2011-06-22
Amount: $2,500,000.00

We wish to inform you of the LIMCA AWARD PROMOTION draws held in England to declare the winners of the (World Wide Premier Organization). This drew scheme was created to bring more awareness to the world about LIMCA COMPANY'S growth during the past decade till now.

Your email was selected from a random webmail database in world largest global market India and your email address have won you prize money of Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($2,500,000.00) and a brand new laptop from LIMCA AWARD PROMOTIONAL DRAW. your details was selected from the United Kingdom Information Network Online (U.K.I.N.O) and World Largest Global Market India (W.L.G.M.I) which is affiliated with the internet. And you were selected as the winner of the 2011 Email draw.

To begin your claim process, please contact us immediately and provide us your full details below for validation of your payment scheme to send your winning funds and laptop to you urgently:

Full Name as it appears in your ID Card:
Contact Address:
OCCUPATION:
Your Current Address:
AGE:
State:
Postal Code:
PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL:

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers when sending your full details.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Remember, Winner must be fully active with all communication and correspondence. Winner that is not serious for claims, His/Her funds will be returned as unclaimed Funds.

(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you must follow all our instruction with unconditional agreement to the acceptance of our terms and conditions claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.

(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details very confidential

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Regards
Dr Brian Rogers
Foreign Claims Department,
Tel: 00448719740565

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