419 scam: lewis WELCOME

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- +442033896571
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.
- englandgulf-uk@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lewis
Reply-To: <ifoengulfplc.uk@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 20:50:03 +0530
Subject: WELCOME

London W4 4PH
United Kingdom
Ref NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
Batch NUMBER: 074/05/ZY369
TEL: +44 2033896571
FAX: +44 844 774 9573
http://englandgolf.page.tl/
englandgulf-uk@hotmail.com

This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of your e-mail regarding the claim of your award prize value of 460,000,00 {Three Hundred And Sixty Thousand Great British Pounds= Rupees 4 Crore 60 lakhs}
ENGLAND GULF ORGANIZATION! collects 5,000 data base network services in all over Asian and Europe countries and over twenty million em users participated in this award promotion and seven people were selected to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winner.
This award promotion is to help individuals from countries facing terrorist attack and flood for the first time ENGLAND GULF ORGANIZATION decided to render help through sms by lucking number just to reach the luckiest individual and note that part of this fund should be used to help the poor ones around your area where you leave.
For the first time ENGLAND GULF ORGANIZATION host this award promotion to help individuals from Asian, Africa, America and Europe, all cell phone numbers participated in this award promotion were collected from internet data base provider of all cell phone network services and it happen that your cell number is one of the selected numbers and below are your winning identification numbers which has to be kept secret till your award claim is remitted to you in India, do not disclose your winning identification numbers to anyone.
Ref NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
Batch NUMBER: 074/05/ZY369
Am here to inform you about the legitimate procedure on how to get your award claim to your designated bank account in India and we have already spoke with the Reserve bank of India official and income tax department in your country regarding the formalities required by the law in India on how to get your award claim transferred to your bank account without having any income tax problem in your country.
THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUND, FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.
(1) BENEFICIARY FULL NAME___ ____________
(2) NATIONALITY ___ ____________
(3) STATE_ __________ CITY____ __________
(4) RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS__ _______________
(5) DATE OF BIRTH_______________________
(6) SEX______________________________________
(7) CELL PHONE NUMBER_________________________
(8) FAX NUMBER_______________________________
(9) EMAIL ADDRESS____ ___________________
(10) AMOUNT WON__ ______________________
(11) BATCH NUMBER____
(12) REFERENCE NR_____
(13) OCCUPATION______ ___________________
(14) MARITAL STATUS______ ____________________
(15) ANNUAL INCOME_________________________
(16) BANK NAME_________________________
(17) BANK ACCOUNT_________________________
(18) BANK BRANCH_________________________

Your award cheque will be remitted to you through Reserve Bank of India, on this process our organization will assign the registration of your award cheque of 460,000,00 pounds to our personnel who will be coming down to India for registration of your award cheque in Reserve bank of India for conversion into India Rupees.
Your award cheque has to be converted to your local currency via {RBI} and note that this process will take at least three working days for the conversion in {RBI} after the registration of your award cheque then Reserve Bank of India will now convert the prize amount to your local currency and credit the prize amount into your Bank account that you shall provide to our personnel when he arrives your country.
We hope that you shall utilize your award fund nicely because this is a great opportunity for all our selected winners around the world and you are lucky to be among one of the winners and this year will be your financial breakthrough, and your life will be changed forever
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim hence we are preventing misappropriation of award prizes.
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or the ENGLAND GULF COMPANY.
This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.
ENGLAND GULF COMPANY shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.
Once again congratulations on behalf of all our staff.
Warms Regards to you and your family members.
With Best Regards,
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Royal Lambert,
Payment Co-ordinator
England Gulf Plc,
TEL: +44 2033896571
FAX: +44 844 774 9573F

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