419 scam: "Mrs. Florence Brown" <info@ukonline.co.uk> Contact Claims For Your Verification

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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)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Florence Brown" <info@ukonline.co.uk>
Reply-To: uk.claimsfiduciaryservice09@hotm4il.com
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:52:40 +0900
Subject: Contact Claims For Your Verification

UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY
The Lottery Company
P.O Box 789
Harrogate HG1 2YR
United Kingdom.
*********************
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
*********************

Our Dear Beneficiary,

You have won the sum of 1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING ) from
BRITISH ONLINE LOTTERY on our 2009 charity bonanza that was held on the 16th
of November 2009.

The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email
Users,from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.

We hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is a
monthly lottery. Failure to claim your winning will result into the
reversion of the fund to our following month.

You are therefore requested to contact immediately our Claims

Department below quoting winning number:

WINNING NUMBER:05-08-10-18-20-46-{43}.
TICKET NUMBER: 56475600545188

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

Contact Person :Mr Bernard Anderson
Email:Uk.claimsfiduciaryservice09@hotm4il.com

please you are to contact him with these details

1. FULL NAMES:_____________________________________
2. NATIONALITY:_____________________________________
3. AGE________________________________________
4. SEX:_________________________
5. MARITAL STATUS:_________________________________
6. CONTACT ADDRESS:___________________________________
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER:___________________
8. OCCUPATION:_________________________________
9. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:___________________________________
10.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:____________________________
11.WINNING NUMBER:____________________________________
12 TOTAL AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

Congratulations once again.

Regards,
Mrs. Florence Brown,
Online Co-ordinator for Uk National Lottery

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