419 scam: "Uk National Lottery"<dept-claim2010@live.com> You have won the total sum of £1,316,462.00 (One Million, Three Hundred and Six

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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.
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 National Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <departmentclaim@live.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:07:35 +0200
Subject: You have won the total sum of £1,316,462.00 (One Million, Three Hundred and Sixteen Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Two British Pounds)

Attention: Email Account Holder,

Congratulations!! Congratulations!!

You have won the total sum of £1,316,462.00 (One Million, Three Hundred and Sixteen Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Two British Pounds)

We happily announce to you the draw (#1398) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes promotion held in London Saturday 15h of October 2011.

You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of £1,316,462.00 (One Million, Three Hundred and Sixteen Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Two British Pounds) in cash is credited to file UKPC/9080144308/07. This is from a total cash prize of £14,374,330

Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web computer generated ticket number: B55607545 4133 with reference number UK/JA2CT-110P/08 and Serial number ZA5365/3 ,Batch number XA87-2PY,drew the lucky numbers: 01-05-09-27-42-45 Bonus 21

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Please download the PDF attachment for details of your winning.

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