419 scam: FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL <ephsa@nus.edu.sg> YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

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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:
- " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million us 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)
- "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)
- "deadline" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL <freelottointlpromotions@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 04:25:36 +0200
Subject: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT

FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL

Headquarters: Customer Service

28 TAN-FIELD ROAD,

CROYDON. LONDON

REF NO: LT/7914290166/CTV

BATCH: LM/51390-0/WGP.

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YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, winners of the FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL ON-LINE PROMOTION held on the 23rd of March 2023.

Your email was attached to ticket number 525-6746-1902-440; with serial number 8926-45 drew the-lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43,

and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for pay out of US$2,000,000.00 [Two Million US dollars] credited to file NO : NM/BC 921245/KY13.

Your funds would be released to you conveniently by our Internal Claims and Payment Department.

You will be adequately funded by telegraphic bank transfer remittance after proper identification and after your fund release order has been authorized by the head of remittances.

Be advised, all participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Website through their email addresses with a computer drawn system in which their email was extracted from over 100,000 companies’ websites in the world.

All participants were selected through their email addresses and a computer ballot system was drawn from 25 million email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America, Africa and Asia as part of their International Promotions Program.

YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR FUND IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID CHARGES,

As this is part of our security measure to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators.

The deadline date of this notice is two weeks after the date of notification by which the lottery winning prize will be marked unclaimed and remitted back to the account of "FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL" as unclaimed.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent.

Name: Barrister Antone Smiley ( CLAIMS AND PAYMENT DEPT / INTL LIASSON )

And liaison business attorney to the paying out bank. (As may be approved).

E-mail: antonesmileyconslt@protonmail.com

Please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent.

To begin with the processing of your Award prize you are provided the under listed.

Reference number:.................................

Batch number:........................................

Amount Won: ........................................

Full name:.............................................

Age:......................................................

Sex:.......................................................

Residential address:...............................

Nationality:...........................................

Occupation:..........................................

Post held:............................................

Tel(s):..................................................

Fax:.....................................................

Income: ..............................................

Send the above data which is required to your claim agent as soon as you receive this email to commence with the processing of your prize immediately.

Sincerely,

Mr. Chris Kowell

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,

FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL.

N.B. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

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