419 scam: "omega lotto"<info@omegalottonline.com> You are the lucky one

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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:
- "million dollars" (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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "omega lotto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claims@omegalottonline.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 12:44:05 +0800
Subject: You are the lucky one

OMEGA LOTTO ONLINE INC.
MEGA MILLION WINNING NOTIFICATION
Date 21/05/14
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS
Mega Million Lottery Bonanza
Attention:
We are delighted to inform you that you are one of the lucky winners, from our lottery draw held on the 20th of May. 2014 by Omega Lotto Online Inc. It was based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.Your email addresss was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 .This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. As result you have been approved to receive sum of US$1000,000.00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/20-5-14 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form 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 which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsore
d
by a conglomorate of some multinational companies in partnership with Omega Lotto Online Inc
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact our payment department through claims@omegalottonline.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 us in processing 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 advantage of this programme by non-participants or unofficial personnel.
Note,All winnings MUST be claimed before the 20th of June. 2014; otherwise your winning prize will be returned as Unclaimed prize and eventually be donated to charity organizations.

BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Congratulations once again on your winning.
Paul Clegg (Esq)
International Co-ordinator

OMEGA LOTTO ONLINE INC

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