419 scam: "UK NATIONAL e-lottery"<info.uknel@qatar.io> PRIZE AWARD 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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",500,000" (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)
- "uknel@qatar.io" (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!
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.
- +447024022850 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL e-lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uknel@qatar.io>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 08:10:20 +0100
Subject: PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

UK NATIONAL e-lottery
274Ban bury Road, Oxford OX2
London
FROM THE DIRECTOR, PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT.
UK NATIONAL e-lottery
LUCKYNUMBERS: 06, 13, 26,33,43,46.
REFNUMBERS: UKNEL-PF23-711W-9
BATCHNUMBERS: 46-184-WAN.
SERIAL NUMBERS: 215-18 DRAW.
PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION.
We are pleased to inform you from UK NATIONAL e-lottery Of the
announcement today, 20th may 2010 as one of the lucky winners of
The UK NATIONAL e-lottery Draws held on the 13th of November 2006 as
part of our e-business promotional draws end. Participants in the draws
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000
email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Europe, and Middle East, as part of our electronic Business
Promotions Program. You qualified for the draw as a result of your
visiting various websites we are running the Electronic-business
promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached with REFERENCE
NUMBER: UKNEL-PF23-711W-9, BATCH NUMBER: 46-184-WAN with serial Number
215-18 drew the lucky numbers 06, 13, 26,33,43,46. And consequently won
the October 2006 draw. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of US$1,500,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for First
category winners. This is from the total prize money of
US$10,500,000.00 shared among the seven winners in the First category.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our Caims Department.
Due to the mix that may arise from emails of winners and numbers,
we ask that you keep this award strictlyfrom public notice until
your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope
with a part of your prize, you will participate in our third quarter of
year (2010) high stakes US$1.1 billion International Lottery. To begin
your claim, please contact our paying agent who also will be your claim
agent immediately:

MR Terry Woodgate
Email: uknel@qatar.io
TEL: +4470240228509
FAX:
For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember you
must contact your claim agent not later than 15th of june 2010 after
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in
every one of your correspondences with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: UKNEL-PF23-711W-9, BATCH NUMBER: 46-184-WAN.
Also to begin your Claim sends to your claims agent the following
information by email.
1) YOUR BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) AMOUNT WON.
3) YOUR FULL NAME.
4) YOUR ADDRESS.
5) A COPY OF YOUR ID (PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LISCENCE).
6) CONTACT DETAILS, (MOBILE PHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER).
7) SERIAL NUMBERS.
8) OCCUPATION.
9) AGE.
10) DATE.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
MRS. SUSAN M. CLAIR.
THE DIRECTOR PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification.

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