419 scam: "CUSTOMER SERVICE"<uklott_customerservice@yahoo.co.u> CONGRATULATIONS! LUCKY WINNER

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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 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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- uklottery_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CUSTOMER SERVICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uklottery_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:00:50 -0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! LUCKY WINNER

The National Lottery

P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70

1NL UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/90020X2/68 Batch: 066/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#147) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Tuesday

6th December,2011. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56420600545 178 with Serial number 4528/02 drew the lucky

numbers: 10-19-02-23-32-48(bonus no 007.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You

have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,217,000.00(One Million Two hundred and Seventeen thousand pound

sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £9,736,000.00 shared amongst the (8)

lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were based entirely on an electronic random selection of winners using their user ID

through our Internet processing unit draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies.

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative

office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £1,217,000.00(One Million Two hundred and Seventeen

thousand pound sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately

commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised

to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner

you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of

this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claims, please contact our fiduciary agent:

MR. Douglas Goodluck,

Email: uklottery_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk

Yours faithfully,

Richard K. Lloyd.

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.(C)

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