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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.
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.
- dr.singhpatel@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dr.singhpatel@asia.com
Reply-To: dr.singhpatel@rediffmail.com
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 16:36:07 +0530
Subject: happy day

BMW AUTOMOBILE 2014 PROMOTION PRIZE AWARD OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION 2014. =
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded 2014 draws =
by BMW AUTOMOBILE 2014 PROMOTION, Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners =
who won 850,000.00 (Eight hundred and fifty Great Britain Pound Sterling) ea=
ch on the BMW AUTOMOBILE 2014 PROMOTION. However, your email was attached to=
ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT: 12052006/20) The online dr=
aws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive=
list of 30,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked =
by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However,n=
o tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticke=
t 20 numbers for representation and privacy.The selection process was carrie=
d out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (=
CESM) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the con=
tinents of the world.This Lottery is approved by the India Gaming Board and =
also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAG=
R).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public=
,and to promote sales of BMW AUTOMOBILE In other to claim your 850,000.00 (E=
ight hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pound Sterling) prize winning,=
this has been deposited in a designated bank. However, you will have to fil=
l the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE BMW AUTOMOBILE =
2014 PROMOTION for verification and then you will be directed on how you can=
claim your winning funds. Ballot number (BT:12052006/20) Ticket number (7PW=
YZ2006) FULL NAME:. . .............................................. AGE:. .=
.................................................... SEX:. . . . . . . . . =
. . . . . . . . . . . ................ . . ADDRESS:. . . . . . . . . . . . .=
.......................... PHONE:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....=
............ OCCUPATION:. .. . . . . . . . . . .......................... CO=
UNTRY/NATIONALITY:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please you are advised t=
o complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through=
email and call his direct phone number for prompt collection of your fund. =
Name:Dr.Singh Patel Email:dr.singhpatel@rediffmail.com You are to keep all l=
otto information away from the general public especially your ticket number =
and ballot number. Alway quote the ballot and ticket number in all conrenspo=
ndence (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained=
). Accept our hearty congratulations once again! Yours Faithfully, Rev. McMa=
rk Roland. Coordinator. BMW AUTOMOBILE 2014 PROMOTION. Copy Right 2012 All R=
ight Reserve.

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