419 scam: "U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY" <liverpooluklottery@london.com> Please view the attach Letter of Notice

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
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)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY" <liverpooluklottery@london.com>
Reply-To: manager.born@uknlliverpool.co.cc
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:44:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please view the attach Letter of Notice

Dear winner,

Your winning
Batch Reference Number is: UK86/0017/01KY you have won £1,000,000.00 in the
second category draw of the United Kingdom National Lottery. Congratulations!

The contact details of our Award Claims Manager are given below. Please contact
our Award Claims Manager Allan Born, for confirmation and processing of your award
prize claim. Your prize claim must be processed before 12:00 midnight Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT) on 30th November 2010.

Award/Claims Manager: Allan Born

Tel: +44-7924556224

Fax: +44-8447742696

E-mail: manager.born@gala.net

Note importantly: The under listed winning references must be quoted and
sent in your confirmation contact/response with our Award Claims Manager and
must be sent with a clear copy of your proof of identification or passport
document. Award prize claims sent with incomplete winning references and
without proper or proof of valid identification document will not be processed.

1) Beneficiary's Full Names (First Name, Middle Name, Surname)

2) Batch Reference Numbers

3) Serial Numbers

4) Winning Numbers

5) Award Prize (Amount) Won

6) Country of Residence, Physical and Postal Address

7) Contact Telephone, Fax Numbers and Email Address

Kindly read the attached Notification Letter for further information/details.

Your truly,

Margaret LAMBERT(Director)

International Promotions Unit,

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,

Units 2A & 2B, Olympic Way,

Sefton Business Park, Aintree Liverpool,

L30 1R,United Kingdom

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