419 scam: "United Kingdom National Lottery Online Promotion"<fsd.supervisory05@w.cn> [Announcement] You're our lucky winner.?

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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:
- "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)
- "fsd.supervisory06@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +447092894160 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +447045798638 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Kingdom National Lottery Online Promotion" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fsd.supervisory06@w.cn>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:44:22 -0700
Subject: [Announcement] You're our lucky winner.?

United Kingdom National Lottery
9 - 10 Great Sutton Street, London,
EC1V 0NB, United Kingdom.

Ref #: UKNL/80612575115/02

Congratulations, your email address have been randomly selected as a beneficiary of 600,000.00 GBP in the just concluded United Kingdom National Lottery Online program.

For detailed information on program, your selection and how to file your claim, kindly contact our Foreign Service Directorate, where the complete verification and payout will be, to file your claim immediately please include

the following information:

1. Name in full------------------------------------------
2. Phone/Fax-------------------------------------------
3. Occupation------------------------------------------
4. Address in full--------------------------------------
5. Nationality-------------------------------------------
6. Email Address______________________

TO:

Contact Person: John Mark
European Payment Issuing Office
Tel: +44 704 579 8638 (8am - 5pm GMT)
+44 - 702 401 2967
Fax: +447092894160
Email: fsd.supervisory06@w.cn

Please include this File Ref#: UKNL/80612575115/02 in every of your correspondence with our Foreign Service Director Anderson Spencer.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Stacy Sullivan Martinez,
Executive Director.
United Kingdom National Lottery.

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