419 scam: "universal lottery" <universallottery002@hotmail.co.uk> CONGRATULATIONS!!!OIL SHELL LOTTERY WINNPŒë¸"

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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:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million us 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)
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.
- agentdavidbrown@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "universal lottery" <universallottery002@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: agentdavidbrown@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:00:15 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

FROM: UNIVERSAL LOTTO COMPANY
41B EDGE WARE ROAD LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM

We are please to announce you as one of the 100 lucky

winners in the
UNIVERSAL LOTTO draw held on the 19TH of

DECEMBER, 2005
All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a

batch of
50,000,000 international emails.Your email address

emerged alongside 99
others as a category 2 winner
in this year's Annual UNIVERSAL LOTTO Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a

total pay out of
$3,000,000,00(Three Million US Dollars) only.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications

please remember
toquote your reference number and batch numbers all

correspondence

1,Email ticket number: ticket # 88171/29281/57363
2,BATCH:# 742-109-527-UK43
3,The file Ref # : 920/210/4509
4,lucky # 9-21-81-91-34-45
5,lotto code # : FL09622/UK

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as

possible
for the immediate release of your winnings:

Mr. David Brown
Chief financial Director
The UNIVERSAL LOTTO
Email : agentdavidbrown@gmail.com

For processing and remittance of your cash to a

designated account of
your choice. remember, all winnings must be claim not

later than 30th
of DECEMBER, 2005,
After this date, All unclaims funds will be returned to the
International Lotto, you should contact
Mr. David Brown about the claimant procedures, send

your
fax and telephone to Mr. David Brown, this will enable

his office to send the
claims application form (A4)to you the Beneficiary.
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and

complications
please remember to quote your reference number and

batch numbers all
correspondence.
Further more, should there be any change of address do

inform
Mr. David Brown as soon as possible.
Mr. David Brown is responsible for the processing of your

approved
file to the bank for payment.

Congratulations once again, from all members of staff

and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
Once again on behalf of all our staff, reply to
(( agentdavidbrown@gmail.com ))

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
UNIVERSAL LOTTO COMPANY
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company

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