419 scam: "Cotorbai Rustam"<info@cotorbairustam.org> We are interested in your product.

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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:
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",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)
- "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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "cotorbairustam@administrativos.com" (this email address has been used in a known 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: "Cotorbai Rustam" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cotorbairustam@administrativos.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 05:15:58 +0100
Subject: We are interested in your product.

I am Cotorbai Rustam, a citizen of Moldova. I work with the National Lottery Commission. We are responsible for licensing and regulating the National Lottery.

We protect the integrity of the Lottery; protect players; and maximize funds to good causes. We also run the competition for the license and select the operator of the Lottery.

I have a mutual business deal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor against your will.

I have a very urgent proposal for you which will be of our mutual benefit. I wish to seek your acceptance and cooperation so that the total sum of GBP 10,000,000.00 (Ten million British Pounds Sterling) can be paid to you by the Euro Mega Millions Promotions for our mutual benefit. The said amount is an unclaimed lottery prize; the wining prize result was published over four month ago and since then, the winner of the prize has failed to come with the winning lottery ticket to claim his or her winning prize.

You can check the below BBC news and UK Lottery Post links to see and understand what I am talking about:

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedPrizes.do
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-18539165

The reasons why some winners fail to claim their prizes may be one or all of the below:

1. The winner may have accidentally thrown away the tickets and lost track of the winning ticket number and other vital information as regards the lucky win.

2. Some winners do not check their tickets properly.

3 The winner may not be aware of the victory.

I want us to work as partners so that the above funds will be moved to your account,i have secured my side and this transaction is 100% risk free because it will be done in a legitimate and genuine arrangement as I have mapped out all plans to ensure we claim these funds without any trace in the future.

If you are interested provide with below information:

(1) Name =
(2) Address =
(3) Country =
(4) Age =
(5) Occupation =
(6) Do you have registered charity organization =
(7) Have you ever visited UK =
(8) Phone/Fax. =

Best regards,
Cotorbai Rustam
Email: cotorbairustam@administrativos.com

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