419 scam: Tim White <phantom421366@yahoo.com> CIA GENERATED BOGUS "LOTTERY" SCAM/PHISHING

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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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- +447031901793 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:25:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CIA GENERATED BOGUS "LOTTERY" SCAM/PHISHING

YOUR REF NO:(REF:UKL/74-A0802742007)
Friday, November 14, 2008 7:20 AM

>From CAMELOT GROUP Fri Nov 14 06:20:45 2008

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Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:20:45 -0000 (UCT)

Subject:

YOUR REF NO:(REF:UKL/74-A0802742007)

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The Camelot Group,operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD.

NOTICE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results of the E-mail address
ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on the 13th of November 2008.Your mail
account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one
thousand,nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds £891,934.00 pounds sterlings)in cash
credited to file REFNO.REF:UKL/74-A0802742007.This is from total prize money of GBP 4,459,670.00
shared among the FIVE(5)international winners in this category.You are to contact our claims agent
for validation:

Mr Phil Herald.

Email:philherald003@live.co.uk
Tele:+44 703 1901 793

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance
of your prize money.

PLEASE FILL OUT THE VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE
FULLNAMES:________2.ADDRESS:_______3.City________4.State_________5.Postcode________6.Country______7.SEX:_______8.AGE:________9.OCCUPATION:__________10..TELEPHONE
NUMBER:_________11.Winning Numbers:__________12.Amount:___________
_____

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dianne Thompson
Online Coordinator,
CAMELOT GROUP,Operators of The National Lottery.

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