419 scam: "LOTTERY PROMOTIONS"<awardpromotibf12013@voila.fr> !!!CONGRATULATION!!!

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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:

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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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)
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: "LOTTERY PROMOTIONS" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:02:14 +0900
Subject: !!!CONGRATULATION!!!

FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/PRIZE GIVING AWARD
AVENUE NKURUMA SECTOR, 104 OUAGA BP.

!!!CONGRATULATION!!!

Dear lucky winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the INTERNATIONAL
POOLS LOTTERY RAFFLE DRAW. International programs held on the 15TH of January ,2013. Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number 771478998885 with serial number332569877454:2865 drew lucky numbers 896883666/457896 which consequently won in the 2nd category; you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of 850,000.00 Euros. (Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand Euros).

CONGRATULATIONS!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocols to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system
Drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual's email addresses from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by International software
organization committee, we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next coming ( 2 million euro) international lottery.

Contact with your reference numbers for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact me back before 7DAYS.
After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being
Part of our promotions program.

We wish you continued good fortunes.

Best regards.
Mr.Morgan Persters
+226 66192799

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