419 scam: BBC National Lottery <ojeimichaels@gmail.com> CONGRATULATION ON YOUR WINNINGS!!!

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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.
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.
- bbcnlmanager@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: BBC National Lottery <ojeimichaels@gmail.com>
Reply-To: 836383x@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 21:58:44 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION ON YOUR WINNINGS!!!

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Dear Lucky Winner,
Congratulation!!! We are pleased to announce today that you have won
the sum of Â£850,000 on behalf of the BBC National Lottery award prize
held today. Your email Grant Number: MICC/97846563459/22 emerged to
give you the Winning Ticket in final category. This Online Promo was
organized by Microsoft Corporation and all lucky winners were selected
from active Emails, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok,
Snapchat, Pinterest, Reddit, YouTube, and WhatsApp etc. Be officially
informed that no ticket was sold by Microsoft Corporation, therefore
to receive your prize payment, you're required to urgently complete
the form below with your details and forward it to us via email:
(bbcnlmanager@aol.com)

(1) File Number: ID2267-2022
(2) Ref Code: KP23/967/MCL5 /JKT
(3) Grant Number: MICC/97846563459/22
(4) Your given name and Surname
(5) Residential Address:
(6) Mobile Telephone:
(7) Nationality/Country:
(8) Your Email:
(9) Age/Gender:
(10) Occupation/Position:

For confirmation of your winning numbers here is our website below:
http://bbc.co.uk/lottery

Best Wishes.

Yours Sincerely,
Claim Manager:
Moon Jang Won

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