419 scam: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY"<winotice86828@att.net> Are you the correct owner of this email address?

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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:
- "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)
- "fred_newman@yahoo.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.
- +447024024531 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fred_newman@yahoo.cn>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:37:35 -0700
Subject: Are you the correct owner of this email address?

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
LONDON
TICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.

Are you the correct owner of this email address? If yes then be glad this day as the result of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online and e-mail address
free-ticket draws of JUNE 30th 2011 has just been released and we are glad to announce to you that your email address came out in the first
category and entitles you to claim the sum of US$4.6 Million.

Your email address was entered for the online draw on this free ticketnumber: 56475600545188 and won on this Batch number: 074/05/zy369.
Your Ticket number falls into the ASIA PAYMENT OFFICE which will process your winning and release the $4.6M to you in a few days.Your Payment
officer is Mr.Fred Newman

Your are to contact Fred Newman on the below email address to receive your won prize of US$4,600,000.

Name:Fred Newman
Asia Payment Office
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Email:fred_newman@yahoo.cn

To enable Fred Newman ascertain you as the rightful winner and receiver of the US$4,600,000.00, MAKE SURE you include the below listed
information in your contact mail to him.

Your complete official names, country of origin and country of residence/work, contact telephone and mobile numbers, address, amount won(US$4,600,000), free ticket number(56475600545188), (Serial
Number:5368/08),(Batch number: 074/05/zy369) date of draw (June 30th,2011), Sex, Age, Occupation and job title.

Are you thinking of how you won the US$4,600,000.00 without entering or purchasing the lottery ticket?

Know now that this very draw of the UK Lottery Organization in which you have emerged as a winner was a free ticket, online and email address draws
where thousands of email addresses was collected from almost all world wide websites and used for the online draws/sweepstakes and during winners
selection your email address came out among the first ten which won you the lottery in the first winnings category and entitles you to claim the
sum of Four Million, Six hundred thousand USA Dollars.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Online Winning Notification Department
Direct Phone Number:+447024024531

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