419 scam: "UK LOTTERY 2007" <europan_lotteries@yahoo.co.uk> UK LOTTERY (CONGRATULATIONS)

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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 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.
- european_lotteries@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY 2007" <europan_lotteries@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: european_lotteries@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:47:01 +0200
Subject: UK LOTTERY (CONGRATULATIONS)

LOTTERY 2007
UK LOTTERY
16 West Road Cambridge CB3 9DR
european_lotteries@yahoo.co.uk <http://uk.f234.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=european_lotteries@yahoo.co.uk&YY=45533&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>

<https://www.european-lotteries.org>
DEAR LUCKY WINNER!

CONGRATULATIONS

YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AMONG 16 COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD
AS OUR 8TH WINNER THIS FIRST QUARTER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. AMONG
OUR MAINFRAME COMPUTER SELECTIONS, YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY WAS
CHOSEN BY SEASONED AND DEDICATED JUDGES FROM 3 CONTINENTS OF
THE WORLD, INCLUDING; EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ASIA.

WE ARE PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU ON THIS RARE MOMENT.
YOUR WINNING STREAKS ARE AS FOLLOWS;

1. £250,000.00 ( PAID DIRECTLY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ON IDENTIFICATION )
2. EMG4631112581G ( CLAIMS IDENTIFICATION NUMBER CIN)

PLEASE CONTACT US ON RECIEPT OF THIS EMAIL MESSAGE NOT LATER
( 7 WORKING DAYS ) FOR SWIFT PROCESSING OF YOUR WINNINGS AND PROPER
CLAIMS.

PLEASE DISREGARD THIS MAIL MESSAGE IF YOU ARE NOT THE RIGHTFUL
USER OF THIS EMAIL IDENTITY.

WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE LOTTO ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD. WE
HAVE SUCESSFULLY MADE MILLIONAIRES OF LUCKY WINNERS THE WORLD
OVER SPANNING 8 YEARS TODAY.
CONTACT BY MAIL THE FOLLOWING AGENT FOR YOUR CLAIMS:
HAROLD PHILLIP
european_lotteries@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:european_lotteries@yahoo.co.uk>
REGARDS,
JULIA HAMMOND
CO-ORDINATOR,
LOTTERY 2007
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!

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