419 scam: "Mr. John Ken"<michelcloutier@xplornet.com> CLAIM YOUR WINNING ,

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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:
- "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)
- "christtopherparry@qq.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: "Mr. John Ken" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <christtopherparry@qq.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 18:39:45 -0400
Subject: CLAIM YOUR WINNING ,

Congratulations,

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a prize of a brand
new 2014 Model BMW 7 Series Car and a Check of $500,000.00usd from the
international programs held on the 2nd section 2014 in the UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were
selected.

The BMW Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed
by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). To begin the
processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims
department for more information as regards procedures to claim your prize.

Contact Name : Christopher Parry
Email: christtopherparry@qq.com

Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code Number
BMW:4661256703/07/13. You are also advised to provide him with the
undelisted information as soon as possible:

1. Name in full.
2. Address.
3. Nationality.
4. Age.
5. Occupation.
6. Phone/Fax.
7. Present Country.
8. Email address.
9. pin code Number

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
money remitted/released to you.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements and
equally to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking
undue advantage of this program. Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed by
a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE 8 Aug 2014) otherwise all funds will be
returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip
sweepstakes.

Note that you have to call Mr. Christopher Parry (940 604 0554) before
sending your listed information to him.

Mr,John Ken
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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