419 scam: "Williams"<mrs.juliewilliams@yahoo.com> 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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
- "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
- ",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)
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.
- +447045775962 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +447045704369 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bobcooks2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:36:24 +0100
Subject: Lucky Winner

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UKNL/05/8256/53219/QE327
Batch: UKNL5/A115-07

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are happily announcing to you the draw (#994) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 2nd October 2009. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 1037 drew the lucky numbers: (07) (14) (29) (37) (41) (45) (04) (bonus no.04), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand great British pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £10,500,000 shared amongst the first seven (7) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that a
re listed online.

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand Great Britain pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence on the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary Agent:

MR BOB COOKS
Tel: +44 704-577-5962
Tel: +44-704-570-4369

You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:
Name(Surname First):..................
Address:.............................
Country:.............................
Telephone:...........................
Gender:..............................
Marital Status:....................
Age:.................................
Occupation:..........................
Annual Income:.....................
Email Address:.......................

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,

Mrs Julie Williams
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program. Copyright © 1994-2009 the UK
National Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

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