419 scam: Charity Lottery Corporation <donnab@westernassociates.com> Re: Dear Internet User !!!

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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:
- "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Charity Lottery Corporation <donnab@westernassociates.com>
Reply-To: <charityonlinez@excite.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 10:07:18 -0700
Subject: Re: Dear Internet User !!!

Dear Internet User,
Attn: Mr./Mrs.,

We are happy to officially inform you that you are a lucky winner of US$3,000,000.00 (three Million United States Dollars) only in our 5th year Charity Funds Award promo held yesterday and results released today. All the participated 80,000 company e-mail addresses and 190,000 individual email addresses and names were selected online from all over the world. Your email address was attached to reference number; 1028/0236/5089 with Batch Number: 670399201-2016 and Serial Number: 4417051926 which consequently won you the three Million United States Dollars in the second category.

No tickets was sold but all selected email addresses were electronically assigned with different tickets numbers for privacy and representatives. This is part of our global financial assistance for humanitarian development. To speedy the processing of winnings certificate and payment of your claims, you are required to urgently reconfirm your contact details using the below required data:-
Your reference number; 1028/0236/5089
Batch Number: 670399201-2016
Serial Number: 4417051926
1. Your full names: ...............
2. Phone number: .................
3. Occupation: ....................
4. Gender & Age: ..................
6. Physical address: ..............
7. Country: .......................

We congratulate you! Remember, all-winnings must be claimed on or before three weeks from the date of this publication. Any prize NOT claimed within this period will be forfeit. You are further reminded to keep this notice strictly confidential to yourself until your winnings is processed and released to you. This is part of our security protocols to avoid double claims and unwarrantable abuse of this charity lottery program.

Yours Faithfully,
Hon. Barr. Simon Jude (Esq)
(Head: Legal Department)
Charity Lottery Corporation
No. 134, Rue de Tchamba
Tokoin Novissi Lome, Togo

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