419 scam: "BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49"<bc@lottery.com> BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49: 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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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: "BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <connellfrank801@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:50:17 -0000
Subject: BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49: CONGRATULATIONS

BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49,
28 TAN FIELD ROAD CROYDON LONDON.
Winning No: 16
Bonus No: 42
Confirm Winning: http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html

Attn: (Winner)

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the Draw (#1675) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held this week. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 emails of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots. The result of our computer draw (#1675) which took place this week selected email address attached to an e-ticket drew the lucky numbers: 02 09 27 33 39 40(bonus no. 45), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category to the sum of £ 2,243,105 (Two Million, two hundred and forty-three thousand, one hundred and five British Pounds Sterling). I have to inform you also that your winning price is in a Bank-Draft with a secur

Your prize award has been insured in your email address and is ready for claims. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously download the attached Draft information and keep it only to yourself.This must be done within a 48 hours (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Now you are strongly advised to prnt out the attached draft and keep the document on the attached file until you informed to present it.You are also to keep the attached document very confidential and private

At your disposal, we remain.

Very Truly Yours,

Mr. Frank Connell

British Canadian Lottery
Controller General

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