419 scam: "Isabel Hunt" <enquires@heritagefund.org.uk> HERITAGE BENEFITS

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million dollars" (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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
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: "Isabel Hunt" <enquires@heritagefund.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 20 14:47:46 GMT
Subject: HERITAGE BENEFITS

The National Lottery Heritage Fund
International House, 1 St Katharine's Way,
London, E1W 1UN

Reference Number: HLF/19-DE/9317

Batch: HLF/06/41

Dear Winner,

HERITAGE WINNING NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is happy to inform you of boards decison to halt all funding to individuals and coporate bodies, in the light of the COVID 19 Pandemic which has crippled all businesses and the financial sector all over the world. Our hearts are with those who have lost their lives, and also with those that are in intensive medical care at this moment.In the light of the above our company has modestly concluded a raffle draw of $200,000,000,00 (two hundred million dollars) to help families and people in various countries of the world to ammenorate their trivails in this period of financial lockdown. please access our past records on https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/ as we are strongly supported here by National lottery community fund https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/big-lottery-fund

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $200.000 (Two Hundred thousand united states dollars) in cash credited to file HLF/19-DE/9317. This is from a total cash prize of $200,000,000,00 (two hundred million dollars) shared amongst the first (1000 lucky winners in this category Due to the mix up of some numbers and namesand emails, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted advantage of this program by the general public.

You have been assigned an independent financial claims agent,accredited by the National Lottery Heritage Fund,whom would assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated bank account.

Please Access the link and fill the form with requested information:

http://1heritagefunds.wixsite.com/heritagefunds

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 2 weeks. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference (HLF/19-DE/9317) and Batch numbers (HLF/06/41) in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your financial claims as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from staff of National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Yours faithfully,

Isabel Hunt.

National Lottery Heritage Fund

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