419 scam: "Camelot UK Lotteries International Limited" <info@camelotgroup.co.uk> (no subject)

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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:
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",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)
- "edward.long@camellotinternationaluk.com" (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: "Camelot UK Lotteries International Limited" <info@camelotgroup.co.uk>
Reply-To: camellotinternational@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:28:25 -0400
Subject:

Camelot UK Lotteries International Limited
Head Office: Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts WD18 9RN.

Camelot UK International
Limited 1st Private Email
Lottery Promotion.

Congratulations Winner:

Ball number: 02 - 04 - 05 - 15 - 20 - 48
Bonus ball: 37

We The Board and Management of Camelot UK Lotteries International Limited
wishes to inform you The Results of the First Ever Private E-mail Ballot
Lottery International Program (PEBLIP) held on Sunday 16th August 2015.
Your Email Account/Address among Twelve others have been picked as winners
to share the sum of £12,000,000 (12 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING).

Each of The Twelve Lucky/Blessed Winners including yourself will receive
the sum of £1 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING Each. This results is today
released to You and Your Email Address attached in the AYZ Category. All
Email Addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which
your email address among Twelve others were selected as the Lucky/Blessed
winners.

We ask that you keep your Winning Information confidential/private until
your claims has been processed and Your Money Remitted to You. This is
part of security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected randomly from Email Providers Database
across the World through computer draw system and extracted from over
3,000,000,000.00 Emails from different Email Providers with their
Permission, nothing was done without the Permission of your Email
Provider.

To Request/Ask for the Transfer Process of Your Prize Money to You, Send
Your Full Name and Present Residential Address to the following Email
Address: edward.long@camellotinternationaluk.com

While sending the Email, be sure to quote Your Ball Number and Bonus
Number (B&B Number) which you can find above or below:

Ball number: 02 - 04 - 05 - 15 - 20 - 48
Bonus ball: 37

Or you can simply forward/send a copy of this Lottery Winning Notification
to the Email Address Above.

On Behalf of The Camelot Group of Companies which includes: Camelot UK
Lotteries International Limited (reg. no 2822203), Camelot Business
Solutions Limited (reg. no 07553982), Camelot Strategic Solutions Limited
(reg. no 07553980), Camelot Global Services Limited (reg. no 02822300),
Camelot Commercial Services Limited (reg. no 06911097). All of which are
registered in England and Wales and have their Registered Office at:
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts WD18 9RN, we say CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
WINNING.

Regards.
Camelot UK Lotteries International Limited

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