419 scam: UK National Lottery <j.jacobs26@upcmail.nl> UNITED KINGDOM BLACK BERRY

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "paulvlaanderen@collector.org" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: UK National Lottery <j.jacobs26@upcmail.nl>
Reply-To: omailrobert@omail.hu
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:59:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: UNITED KINGDOM BLACK BERRY

UNITED KINGDOM BLACK BERRY
PROMOTION BOARD
LONDON ENGLAND
http://uk.blackberry.com/
P.O. Box 3067
Tunstal road
e17gb

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Winning Notification from blackberry promotion board
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Congratulations!!!

We wish to inform you that your email address is one of the short listed winners
on our "polled New BlackberryÂ® Z10 2013 comment platform" promo. Therefore we
have sponsored you on the National lottery which you happened to be the winner
of Ðˆ1, 094,304 (One Million, ninety-four thousand, three hundred and four pounds
only) Jackpot

Youâ€™re Reference Number: BB-UKEU01-09-10-2013

The winning Lotto Jackpot numbers on 09 October 2013 were 8,10,27,34,40,41 Bonus
Ball 48 and draw number 1788

This promo is being necessitated for the purpose of promoting our site and
encourages public opinion.

This will be the last reminder email from us; we have been trying to contact you
since 14th of October 2013.

The National Lottery Board has put a mandate that the lucky ticket-holder has
until 11pm on Monday 28 October 2013 to make a claim.

To claim your winning cash prize! You have to reply to this email immediately.
We would release scanned copy of your winning ticket to you as soon as you
acknowledge the receipt of this notification.

CLAIMS REQUIREMENT
(1)Full names ;...( 2) Address ;...( 3) Country ;( 4) Nationality;...
(5)Tel ;...( 6) Age ;...( 7) Occupation;...

Contact us with your claims details at our claim collector centre via email:
PaulVlaanderen@collector.org remember to quote your reference number as subject.

For more inquiries visit our site: http://uk.blackberry.com/

Congratulations!!
Ms. Melyn Edwards
Customer Service Officer -
Proudly sponsored by United Kingdom Black-BerryÂ® Inc
Comment PromotionÂ® Satisfaction

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