419 scam: gigi@bc.cablemas.com CONGRATULATIONS

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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:
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
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.
- +447010057818 (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.
- unclaimed2012@hotmail.co.uk (Hotmail, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: gigi@bc.cablemas.com
Reply-To: unclaimed2012@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 02:33:08 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

UK National Lottery Unclaimed Winning
The National Lottery
Accounts Dept
PO Box 287
Watford
WD18 9TT
L70 1NL,United Kingdom.
===================================
Winning numbers 2,17,19,28,31,47
BATCH No: 888/4/UK-01

Dear Lucky Winner "

You have won $ 800,000.00 thousand US dollars We found your (E-mail ID) in
the central computer among the list of individuals
and companies that their E-mail ID, won in the email ballot promotion
organized for the (DR JOHN SMITH) by UK National Lottery Unclaimed
Winnings to support individuals from
different part of the globe.
How to get your cash prize, send this information to us.
1.Full Name
2.Full Address
3. Marital Status
4. Occupation
5.Age
6.Sex
7. Nationality
8.
Country Of Residence
9. Mobile Number
10. Bank Name:
11 A/C Number:

After sending us this information You will get your winning prize in three
days time...

Yours Sincerely,
DR JOHN SMITH
EVENTS MANAGER
TEL+44 701 005 7818
Head Of Operations Dispatch Unit.
E-mail: unclaimed2012@hotmail.co.uk

Once again congratulations

NOTE THIS" YOUR LOTTERY WINNING IS CASH PAYMENT

Millions of people in the United Kingdom play the UK National lotto each
week in the hope that they can win that life altering jackpot. You would
therefore think that these individuals would be desperate to check their
tickets as soon as the draw has finished to see if their dreams have been
answered. You may then be somewhat staggered when I tell you that a
considerable amount of prize money never gets claimed. That is why we
decide to give out some of those Winning. So you are one of the
Lucky
Whinier of ( $800.000.00 )

The UK lottery is frequently sitting on enormous amounts of lottery cash
that they are just waiting to be claimed. In just the five month period
from September 2011 to February 2012 just short of £4 million still
remains unclaimed by players of just the UK lotto game. These are not just
a mass of small prizes either; there are many in excess of £10,000, a
handful of more than £100,000 as well as one prize of £1.5 million.

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