419 scam: DALIMINI SINDSWA <webvcf45@outlook.com> YOUR BATCH NUMBER: 74-263

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",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!

Fraud email example:

From: DALIMINI SINDSWA <webvcf45@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:05:35 +0200
Subject: YOUR BATCH NUMBER: 74-263

ANGLO AMERICAN MINING P.L.C.
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT.
ANGLO AMERICAN GOLD COMPANY.
SOUTH AFRICA,
SA.E-MAIL:anglosaonline@outlook.com

Dear Lucky Winner,

We
are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded draws of
the Anglo America Company.The lottery draws was conducted from an
exclusive list of 21,000,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies selected randomly by an advanced automated random
computer balloting search on the internet.

The program is
sponsored by the Anglo American Gold Company to promote the use of
internet services for scientific,academic and anthropological researches
especially for the underdeveloped global continents.

Your e-mail
address was among the 5000 e-mail addresses that emerged in the
category {B} as a winner with the following winning information:

WINNING INFORMATION
Ref Number……..ASL/941041/02SHYN.
Batch Number………..AGL-14/0046.
Ticket Number…………025-11464992-750.

You as well as other winners in this category are therefore to receive a cash prize of £2,000,000.00 (Two Million British Pounds),
each from the total payout. Your prize award has been insured with your
e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our
requirements,statutory obligations, verifications,validations and
satisfactory reports.

Remember to quote your reference/winning
information in all correspondence.You are to keep all lottery winning
information away from the general public especially your reference and
ticket numbers, this is important as a case of double claims will not be
entertained.

Your winning ballot file fell within our European
regional office. You are therefore directed to send to your claims agent
Dr.Stanley Davis, through above e-mail address details for the
processing of your claims:

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

1. Full name...
2. Nationality...
3. Contact Address...
4. Telephone Number...
5. Marital Status...
6. Occupation...
7. Age...
8. Gender...
9. Date of winning notification...
10.Amount won...
11.e-mails....

Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Reply through his confidential email account: anglosaonline@outlook.com

Congratulations once more from our members of staff.

Yours in Service,

Chris Steffanci.
Vice President.

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