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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:
- "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)
- "bbmdraw@live.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: "Jane A Palmer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bbmdraw@live.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 19:31:59 -0800
Subject: Congratulation

Prize redemption Centre
1 Queen Caroline Street Hammersmith, London W6 9HQ - United Kingdom

REF: UK/65072013 Batch: 03/13/IOMD20

Attention: Email Account Holder,

Congratulations!!!, We happily announce to you the draw (#1404) of the Blackberry International E-mail, online Sweepstakes promotion held in London, this Month of 2013.

Your active e-mail address was attached to the World Wide Web computer generated ticket number: B55607545 4152 with reference number UK/65072012 and Serial number CC5365/3, Batch number 03/13/IOMD20, drew the lucky numbers: 05 18 33 50 25 and Bonus Ball 31. This subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. matches 5 lucky numbers Plus Bonus number.

You have therefore been Awarded £950,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) in cash and is credited to file UKCC/9080144308/07. This is from a total cash prize of £50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million Great Britain Pounds) Shared amongst 126 winners in various categories.

This promotion was drawn based on email address as the key identification for setting up online accounts. All valid email addresses in the World Wide Web Draw used/participants for the online email promotion version were selected randomly via computer ballot from a global website collaboration with internet companies like eBay, paypal, liberty reserve, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft and Google. This Online promotion takes place via virtual ticket balloting and it is done Bi-annually. Please note that you’re lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our European booklet representative office in London (UK) as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your £950,000.00 will be released to you by our payment department. Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your lottery prize by providing details below.

1. Full Name: 2. Full Address: 3. Age:
4. Reference Number: 5. Phone Number: 6. Nationality:
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever choice you want to claim your prize. This is a precautionary measure to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!

To redeem your prize, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide them with the details mentioned above by e-mail on;

E-mail address: bbmdraw@live.com

Please do not reply to the sender address or the 'From' email address, this notification is sent automatically via a virtual notification system and a response will not be attended to. Contact our fiduciary agents as directed above.
Yours faithfully,

Jane A. Palmer
Online coordinator

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