419 scam: "UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <info@uklotto.com> Batch No: 074/05/ZY369

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "williamscrawford44@9.cn" (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: "UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <info@uklotto.com>
Reply-To: williamscrawford44@9.cn
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:27:30 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Batch No: 074/05/ZY369

THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369
Date:8-6-2011

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1198) of the UK
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International
program held on Sat 5th June
2011.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545
188 with Serial number 5368/06 drew the lucky numbers:
08-17-33-41-43-45 (bonus no.37), which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus. You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds
sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £250.000 pounds shared
amongst the (7)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5
plus bonus. All participants for the online version were
selected randomly from World Wide Web sites
through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. However, no
tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy and
the selection process was carried out through random
selection in our computerized email
selection machine (TOPAZ).

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your
lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your £250,000 (Two hundred and
fifty thousand pounds sterlings) would be released to you
by any of our payment offices in Europe. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize.

To file for your claim, please contact our Oversea claims
agent.Fiduciary Agent: Mr WILLIAMS CRAWFORD
Official Email:williamscrawford44@9.cn
Endeavor to email your full names,winning
numbers,telephone and fax
numbers immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Brain Hunt

Online coordinator for THE UK
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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