419 scam: "Bill Gate Lottery" <my.data@ahana.co.in> BILL GATES FOUNDATION LOTTERY programme.

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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:
- ",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)
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22967897124 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bill Gate Lottery" <my.data@ahana.co.in>
Reply-To: info.bgl@ok.net
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:23:14 -0400
Subject: BILL GATES FOUNDATION LOTTERY programme.

Attn:Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of BILL GATES
FOUNDATION LOTTERY Programmes held on the 21th April 2015 from the BILL
GATES

FOUNDATION LOTTERY programme. Which is fully based on an electronic
selection of winners using their email address.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows bonus number 1, which
consequently won the lottery in the FIRST category. You are here by have
been approved a

lump sum pay of $1,000,000.00 in cash credit file ref:AB164C from the
total cash prize shared amongst ten lucky winners in this category.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed.This
is part of

our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this
programme by some participants.

All participants where selected through a computer/mail balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from United State,United
Kingdom,

Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,Africa, West
Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which
is

conducted annually.

Government as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
commmunities where they have operational base.Further more your details
(e-mail

address) falls within our representative office in West Africa, as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $1,000,000.00 will be
released to you from

our Regional branch office in West Africa.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
has been

released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
non-participant or

unofficial personnel. Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 20th
of May 2015. otherwise all funds will be forfited.

You are advise to forward as follows;-

1. Your full names
2. Your address
3. Passport Or Id number
4. Profession
5. Mobile and fax numbers
6. Age, sex and marital status

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Billgates
Foundation Lottery Board Commission.

Mr.Moses Musonga(Payment Officer)
info.bgl@ok.net
+22967897124

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