419 scam: UK National Lottery <info.uk.national.lott@gmail.com> Congratulations!

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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)
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 <info.uk.national.lott@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uk.nat_lottery@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:44:01 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Congratulations!

UK National Lottery
PO Box 1010, 22 Garden Clcse,
Stamford, PE9 2YP
UNITED KINGDOM

Congratulations!!
Dear Lucky Recipients,

We are pleased to inform you that your email address attached to file Draw Number: 10 12 13 17 31 37 40 with award reference No: BNS-NL/02CTG/3103/14UK has been selected to receive an award prize of (£ 890,000.00 GBP). This is the first batch of the UK National Lottery Awards as organized by Google, Yahoo, Windows Live & Gmail Inc., held in London, United Kingdom.

The Google,Yahoo, Gmail & Windows Live Inc randomly selected 100 email addresses through a computer ballot system to receive a cash prize of (£ 890,000.00 GBP) as a part of their for-profit philanthropic wing (GOOGLE.ORG) promotion.

Send your complete personal information with your award ref. and file no. to enable us process your claim;

1. Full name:
2. Country:
3. Contact Address:
4. Telephone or Mobile:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Sex:
8. Age:
9. Email:
10: Nationality:

NOTE: All prize won MUST be claimed by the email owner ONLY not later than 12 days from the date of notification.

Sincerely,
Matt Johnson
National Lottery presenter
www.national-lottery.co.uk

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