419 scam: "UK LOTTERY BOARD OFFICIAL WINNING" <info@flc.org> OFFICIAL WINNING NOTICE

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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:
- "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)
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.
- uk_lotteryboard2011@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY BOARD OFFICIAL WINNING" <info@flc.org>
Reply-To: uk_lotteryboard2011@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:09:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTICE

UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY PROMOTION BOARD
P.O Box 1010, Liverpool L70 1NL, United Kingdom
==============================================
Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of
$850,000(eight hundred and fifty thousand United States
Dollars) for the Yearly united lottery board Lottery promotion
United Kingdom 2011, which is organized by lottery board uk in
conjunction with Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company, ?Your
Email Address" were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from Nine hundred thousand Emails from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which
is conducted annually, we only select five people as our
winners, through electronic balloting System without the winner
applying.

These are your identification numbers:
Ticket Number: 011425896/2011
Serial Number: 3872/506
Lucky Numbers:7/4/88/28/01/40

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM_______
1. Full name:
...........................................................
2. Residential Address:
.............................................
3. Sex:
.....................................................................
4. Age:
....................................................................
5. Telephone Number:
..............................................
6. Occupation:
..........................................................
7. Country:
...............................................................
8. Serial No:
.............................................................
9. Lucky No:
.............................................................
10. Ticket No:
...........................................................
11. Winning E-mail id:
...............................................

To Claim your price, please fill and submit your verification
form to our Foreign Service manager immediately via email.

Mr. Adrian Richard
Foreign Service Manager
uk lottery board (Pty) Ltd.
Tel +44_704_673_45
Email: uk_lotteryboard2011@yahoo.co.uk

Note: All answers must be addressed to our Foreign Service
manager for claims Mr.Adrian
Richard(uk_lotteryboard2011@yahoo.co.uk) for more information,
any response sent to another e-mail will not be entertained.

I want to Congratulate You In Advance and Please Do Not Forget
to Help the Poor In the Society When united kingdom lottery
board Makes You a Beneficiary Of their World Of Wealth.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Robert Muller
For the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
united kingdom lottery board

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