419 scam: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY"<info@uknl.co.uk> Winning Notification !!! Contact Your Claims Manager.

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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:
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
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.
- +447599656173
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.
- uknclaimsmanager2010@yahoo.com.hk (Yahoo, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uklottery82@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:40:09 +0100
Subject: Winning Notification !!! Contact Your Claims Manager.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD PROGRAM 2010.
London,
United Kingdom.

Attn:Beneficiary Email Owner
We proudly bring to your notice, the results of our online draws of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY EMAIL AWARD PROMOTIONS.

We apologize for informing you late that your Email Address won our lottery, it is due to the mix up of email addresses that won our lottery.

You have been selected as the second category winner in our online draws done via computer ballot system,there were no tickets purchased.Your email address was selected from the world wide web and was attached to your winning details.

(1) Winning Numbers:3,5,30,31,38,47 bonus 37.
(2) Reference Number: UKNL/07-UK/2010.
(3) Batch Number: UKNL/07-UK/3434

Draw Date: Saturday 10/07/2010.

You have been awarded a lump sum pay out of £3,741,122 GBP which is the winning payout for 2nd category winner in the online draws.

In your best interest, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds transferred to you. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

In pursuant to your prize collection, kindly complete the form below and send by email to the the processing officer below for due processing and transfer of your prize money to you.

Claims Manager
Contact Person: Mr. James Gilbert
phone: +44 759 965 6173
EMAIL: uknclaimsmanager2010@yahoo.com.hk

(1) NAME OF BENEFICIARY:____________________________________

(2) WINNING NUMBERS:________________________________________

(3) EMAIL ADDRESS:__________________________________________

(4) DIRECT TELEPHONE NO:____________________________________

(5) FAX:____________________________________________________

(6) NATIONALITY:____________________________________________

(7) CITY:___________________________________________________

(8) COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:___________________________________

(9) ADDRESS:________________________________________________

(10)OCCUPATION:_____________________________________________

(11)AGE_______________________________________________________

(12)SCAN COPY OF ANY OF YOUR VALID IDENTITY FOR IDENTIFICATION.

NOTICE: Verification claims with error or any misinformation as regards filling for claims payment will be dishonored and disqualified as abuse to our Policy Terms and Services.Be thus informed.

*Staff of UK NATIONAL LOTTERY are not to partake in this Lottery. Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours Sincerely,
Stewart Heather Anne,
http://www.national-lottery.com/results/result.asp?LotteryID=2&ResultID=26845

Please take Note:All Reponse should be sent to Claims Manager via email: uknclaimsmanager2010@yahoo.com.hk

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