419 scam: "United kingdom on-line Lottery" <info96@richyvvv12.com> CONGRATULATION YOUR HAVE WON LOTTERY

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- williams000111@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "United kingdom on-line Lottery" <info96@richyvvv12.com>
Reply-To: williams000111@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:38:03 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR HAVE WON LOTTERY

United kingdom on-line Lottery International Brookmount House, 62-65 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4LP Board of Diectors & on-line co-ordinator International Promotions/Award notification United Kingdom High-Stake on-line Lottery. DEC LOTTERY AWARDS 2010 We officially announce the result of the UNITED KINGDOM HIGH-STAKE ON-LINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM which was held on the 5TH OF DEC 2010. The online Cyber Lotto Email draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 500,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold b ut all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of twenty five winners in the first category with the followin g data Lotto Draws Lucky Numbers: Ticket Number:237809/05 Reference Number:646-095-44 First Category Batch numbers:UKL01-09-010 Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. You are therefore to receive a cash prize of £500,000, from the total payout. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for first category winners with the information below: Mr Sam Williams Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release Order Dept(First category winners only).. Email: williams000111@gmail.com You are to provide following details For the immediate release of your payments you are to provide the following details to your claims agent; 1. Full name and address. 2. Country. 3. Telephone and fax number 4. Occupation 5.Sex and Age. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this programe. Thank you and congratulations!!! Yours faithfully, Sir MARTIN MOORE. Games/Lottery Coordinator

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