419 scam: "Mr,Goodwin Ricardo" <jonathan_leon93@yahoo.es> Burger King Restaurants Ltd:

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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.
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 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.
- burgerking.promotion@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr,Goodwin Ricardo" <jonathan_leon93@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: burgerking.promotion@aim.com
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 15:28:03 -0000
Subject: Burger King Restaurants Ltd:

Burger King Restaurants Ltd:
CALL/RANSOMER, 5
23023 MAINSPRINGS
http://BurgerKing.es

Dear Esteemed Prospective winner

Burger King is pleased to notify you that our winter yearly promotion has
just started as part of our Social
Responsibility to our consumers, we found it impressive to give back our
customers across the global a handsome reward
You are therefore been selected as one of the winner in Burger King Winter
cash prize promotion,
with a total cash Prize of 520,000.00-Euros Here is Your winning
reference number ESP/2134/577BK

we decided to organize the Burger King 2015 Mega Promo, and the sole
reason for this is to reward our
Numerous/customers/ who in one way or the other have contributed to our
great success and achievement so far,
We decided to come up with this promotion to show our appreciation and
encourage our customers
Kindly sent your personal information to the Email below for urgent
response immediately we receive the above Details
You will be informed on how to Claim your prize in your Country within 24
hours, Congratulation once again

Mr,Goodwin Ricardo
TEL-34-604-209-568
FAX-34-916-048-263
Email:burgerking.promotion@aim.com

1) Full Name:
2) Winning Email:
3) Tel: Number:
4) Country of origin
5) Options of payment/wire bank transfer/ certified check,
6) How do you feel as a winner?

I will furnish you with more information on the Transfer Procedures
immediately we hear from you.
Co coordinator: Jonathan Leon/ Trust in Burger King World wide.

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