419 scam: "UK Lottery Winnings"<jhvk@gmail.com> WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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 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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "foreign service manager" (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.
- +447915286162
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.
- cmellobusinessconsult@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK Lottery Winnings" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cmellobusinessconsult@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:00:42 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!

The National Lottery
P.O. Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL. United Kingdom
Fax: +44 791 528 6162
www.national-lottery.co.uk

(Customer service Notification Desk)

Attention: Email Account Holder,

We happily announce to you the draw (#9616) of the UK INTERNATIONAL ONLINE ROYAL RUMBLE LOTTERY DRAW, royal online rumble promotion held in London on 27th of September, 2010. Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web computer generated ticket number: DLT560 4541 6661 with reference number UK/ORR-LD5 72/AJ-CTY-620P/10 and Serial number NX42GA652/9 ,Batch number AZ-R606-RP,drew the lucky numbers: 10-06-42-77-87-14 Bonus 16. This subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. matches 6 lucky numbers Plus.

You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of £600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in cash, credited to file UK-IORL/TC601187294/10. This is from a total cash prize of £16,664,560

All World Wide Web valid email addresses used/participants for the royal online rumble email version were selected randomly via computer balloting from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies affiliated to the National Lottery and are listed online.

Please note that you’re lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our European booklet representative office in Middlesex (UK) as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your £600,000.00 would be released to you by our payment department. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. Your prize award has been insured in your names and ready for claim. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for overseas Lottery Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and payment to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been concluded satisfactorily.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him with your winning email details remember to quote your reference numbers.

UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr. Charles Mello
Foreign Service Manager
Fax: +44 791 528 6162
E-mail: cmellobusinessconsult@gmail.com

Here is the information required for the processing of your winning:

YOUR FULL NAME:
COUNTRY:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
MOBILE NUMBER:

Due to mixed up in some numbers and names and for the purpose of confidentiality, be advised to keep this award notification as secret from public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money remitted to your designated bank account as this is part of precautionary measures to avoid double claim or misuse of this program by some social miscreants. Hence, your prize award winning is confidential as our winners are at liberty to remain completely anonymous until payment is affected.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Marcela Kathy. Online Coordinator.
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
www.national-lottery.co.uk.

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