419 scam: "William Duncan"<customercare@favola.in> Message From William Duncan/Claim Notification...

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
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 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.
- attorneywillduncan005@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "William Duncan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <attorneywillduncan005@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:35:20 +0100
Subject: Message From William Duncan/Claim Notification...

Date:24/06/2013
Ref:13/ 8755413/2013
Batch no; 987644329/654
WINNING NO: WFD 6540089 GILI
(attorneywillduncan005@gmail.com)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

It is our great pleasure to inform you of our Ending of the Year prize release on the 24th June 2013 from The GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATED.These Lotteries are fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your e-mail address was Attached to ticket number; 109865442,serial number 8751128673.This batch draws the lucky numbers as Follows 22-41-63-77-82 bonus number 34, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You are have been here by approved a lump sum pay of £4,000,000.00 (FOUR MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) in cash Credit file ref: GILI/MM 8755413/13 from the total cash prize of £4,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky winners in this category.

All e-mail addresses were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions Program that is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies in the United Kingdom as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Nigerian Regional office in Nigeria, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £4,000,000.00 will be released to you from our British correspondent where we have our corporate head quarters. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact our fiduciary agent, Attorney William Duncan through (attorneywillduncan005@gmail.com) to file for your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th of June 2013; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. Fill the form at once and return for further claiming proceeding's.

Full name.............
Birth date............
Address...............
Sex.......................
Nationality..........
Occupation..........
Telephone...........
Account No.........
Email...................
Date.....................
Signature............
Winner ref batch no............

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
Barry White (co-coordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR AGENT WILLIAM DUNCAN AT: (attorneywillduncan005@gmail.com) ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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