419 scam: The UK National Lottery <info@uklottery.com> Re: Congrats You Have Won $1,000,000.00 USD‏

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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:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22994642104 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: The UK National Lottery <info@uklottery.com>
Reply-To: uknl1202@hotmail.com
Date: 5 Feb 2012 01:54:07 +0000
Subject: Re: Congrats You Have Won $1,000,000.00 USD‏

The UK National Lottery

Customer Service

PO Box 287

Watford WD18 9TT

London, United Kingdom.

Dear e-Mail Winner,

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of the UK National Lottery, wishes to congratulate you on your success as one of our THREE (3) STAR PRIZE WINNER in this new years' UK National Lottery promotion draw held here in London UK. We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won you a consolation cash prize of £ $1,000,000.00 USD (One Million United States Dollars) credited to file UKNL/209463-7644.

We found your e-mail from an exclusive list of 52,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by our advanced automated random computer search from the internet for the e-mail ballot promotion organized for the (ECONOMY CRISES) by the UK National Lottery to support individuals from different part of the globe, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of the lucky winners in the category "A".

How to claim your winning, send your information.

1. Full Name: 2. Address: 3. Sex/Age:

4. Country: 5. Occupation/Position:

6. Telephone No: 7. Company: 8. Email Address:

To the Events Manager

Name: Mr. Gavin Walter

E-mail: uknl1202@live.com

Tel: +22994642104

Endeavor to email your event manager the following information above including your file number (UKNL/20511465463-7644) for immediate processing, verification and legalization of claims in order for payment to be made to you as required, in accordance with our payout policy.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Barbara Johnson

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