419 scam: "National Lottery Inc." <jkelley@winning.com> Your Reference Number: LOT/132/756

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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 agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
- "nat-33957868@8u8.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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: "National Lottery Inc." <jkelley@winning.com>
Reply-To: nat-33957868@8u8.com
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:05:40 -0500
Subject: Your Reference Number: LOT/132/756

The National Lottery Inc.
152 Portobello Road,
London W11 2EA
United Kingdom.

Dear Prize Winner,

You have been awarded 2,000,000 Euros in our Free Satellite Software
email lottery in which e-mail addresses were picked randomly by
Software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website (www).
Your email address was amongst nine others chosen this first quarter
of the year for The National Lottery category "B" winners. The Free
Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Nashua Corporation, the Intel
Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Lexmark, Unisa Club, Microsoft,
Johnson's Promotion and a conglomeration of other international IT
companies. This promotion takes place quarterly.

Your email address, attached to Reference Number: LOT/132/756 with
Serial Number: 538901527-NL68 and Ticket Number: 27522465896-UKLOT
drew the lucky numbers 05,20,26,33,49 and Bonus (07), which
consequently won 2,000,000 Euros in the "B" Category. Please note that
your lucky winning numbers fall within our European Booklet
representative office in the United Kingdom as indicated in your play
coupon. In View of this, your 2,000,000 Euros will be released to you
by our accredited claims agent located in London. The agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
winning funds as soon as you contact his office.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details
confidential until your claims is processed and your winning prize
remitted to you through any of our paying banks. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program by members of the public.

To file for your claim, please contact our/your accredited claims agent:
Name: Mrs. Anita Gornick
Email: nat-33957868@8u8.com

For payment, please do provide the following information:
1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Telephone/Fax Number:
4. Age:
5. Sex:
6. Occupation:
7. Nationality:

These details will facilitate the due process and the release of
lottery winnings; to avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the
processing of your prize money, always remember to quote your
reference/serial number in any correspondence(s) with us or your
designated claims agent.

Once again on behalf of all our staff; CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

Ms. Janet Kelley
This email notification is auto-generated and valid for eight weeks.

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