419 scam: "The National Lottery"<info@lottery.co.uk> Announce your winning draw #1618 held on Sat 25 Jul 11

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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)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims office" (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)
- "agt01268@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!
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.
- +447024011322 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "The National Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agt01268@9.cn>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:28:48 -0700
Subject: Announce your winning draw #1618 held on Sat 25 Jul 11

PO Box 251 Watford
WD18 9BR.

Dear winner,

We happily announce to you the draw(#1618. Ball no: 05-09-15-30-32-39 )of the UK National Lottery online International program held on Sat 25 Jul 11 draw 1618 in Liverpool United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 758-015-46-128 with Serial number 5312/18 drew the lucky numbers 05-09-15-30-32-39 and the bonus number (31) won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 6. Your draw has a total value of 1,357,714.00 GBP from a total cash prize of 4,073,142.00 GBP shared amongst three(3) lucky winners in your category. You are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,357,714.00 GBP in cash. Your email address was selected by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list of 250,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies generated from an internet resource database. No tickets were sold. You are advised to contact our certified and accredited claims agent as stated below:

****************************************************

Name: Mr. Jed Reynaud

E-mail: agt01268@9.cn

Tel: +44-702-401-13221

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NOTE: Please state your name as it should appear on the prize cheque. You are to contact Mr. Jed Reynaud as instructed above in respect of your winning immediately with the following details below:

*****************************************************

FULL LEGAL NAMES:
SEX:
TEL:
AMOUNT WON:
COMPLETE CONTACT ADDRESS:

*****************************************************

Please note the following:

*1. All claims are nullified after 7working days from today.
*2. Your ticket number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
*3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
*4. Please do not reply to this email.

Contact your claims agent as soon as you receive this letter. Whilst every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of information containing National Lottery results, Camelot Group plc cannot take any responsibility for any errors or omissions of names. Prize winning and all aspects of the National Lottery games are subject to Games
Rules and Procedures.. You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/lotto/results/prizeBreakdown.ftl?drawNumber=1618&drawSequence=0. Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program and thank
you for being part of our promotional lucky email lottery program.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Ellis Connor (Co-ordinator)

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