419 scam: Alex Viola <alexwebaction@hotmail.com> WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +447024035860 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- nationalgammingscomissions@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Alex Viola <alexwebaction@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <nationalgammingscomissions@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 01:30:16 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER

Congratulations! You have won £1,000,000 GBP Electronic E-mail Lottery Draw.
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Unclaimed lottery prizes from the last six months draws
Draw No: 508
Prize level: Raffle
Winning numbers: GCR760097
Game name: Euro Millions email lotto
Service unit: Fermanagh & South Tyrone
Central payment office:
Islington, London N4 3DE. United Kingdom.
Draw date: 7th February 2014
Last date to claim: 6th August 2014
First date of notification: 8th February 2014.
Attn winner / email beneficiary: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON A STAR PRIZE OF £1,000,000.00 GBP
The United Kingdom Electronic Mega Millions E-mail Lottery Group is giving you the last and final notification on your success as one of the 2014 Millionaire Raffle electronic email lottery winners.
The Millionaire Raffle electronic email lottery is the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY and participants/winners are selected through their email addresses all over the world, this lotto was drawn on 7th of February 2014 here in London and you have until 6th August, 2014 to make your claim. This is a Life changing project that has been set up/initiated and sponsored by the Microsoft Company to encourage all internet users all over the world. Ten thousand active email addresses were selected through online ancillary and your email address was one among other 128 email addresses that won the Mega Millions Lottery Award.
We sent you a notification email on the 8th of February 2014 informing you of this good news but we have not received any response from you until this date. We are sending you this email today again as a reminder and a final notification to apply and claim your lottery fund immediately or your payment will be cancelled and your lottery fund winning confirmation details will be deleted on our payroll Website.
Your email address was selected as category P7/1 with Winning Number: GCR760097 which made you a winner of [One Million Great British Pounds] £1,000,000.00. All lottery prizes are to be claimed within 180 days of the draw date, after which time claim can no longer be made. If you fail to apply for your claim before 6th August 2014 then the prize money, plus all the interest the prize has generated will go to The National Lottery Good Causes fund. You are one among other 24 winners that have not claimed their prizes and we advice you to apply for your claim immediately before due date for payment cancellation.
Due to your failure in responding to our email as sent to you on the 8th March 2014, your lottery prize has been posted on our unclaimed winning fund internet list. To view the list of winning prizes that remain unclaimed by winners, and also to confirm your winning prize £1,000,000 on the list and to know the last date to claim, please visit: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedPrizes.do
To apply for payment, visit below link for details or contact Barrister Scott Gilbert.

Visit here: http://help.lottery.com/help/edit/ or contact our claim Department to file for your payment:

E-mail: nationalgammingscomissions@gmail.com / nationallottery@nationalgammingcommission.com

Tel: +44 702-403-5860
Fax: +44 703-197-6542

Do make sure to email us the following details;
Your first & last names
Your mobile number
Your address
Your winning number
Your Age, Sex & Occupation.
Email your details to nationalgammingscomissions@gmail.com / nationallottery@nationalgammingcommission.com and our claiming department shall contact you back again within 24hrs with copy of your lottery Ticket as a proof of your award winning PRIZE. Note that any lottery winning without a lottery winning Ticket cannot be trusted as there are many internet scams; this is why we always make available winning Ticket copies to all our winners as their proof of winning and also as a payment guarantee. Contact our claiming department immediately and they will inform you the procedures for prize claim application.
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