419 scam: "British National Lottery" <info@claims.org> End Of Year Winner 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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
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.
- +447045703256 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "British National Lottery" <info@claims.org>
Reply-To: <claims.bnl.dept1@live.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:08:01 +0100
Subject: End Of Year Winner Notification

The British National Lottery
P O Box 10103b Liverpool,
L30 1RD United Kingdom

Ref: UK/9420X/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

FINAL NOTIFICATION

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your cash prize £1,000,000.00 (British Pounds) in the British National Lottery Online Promotion Program held on the 20th November 2009. The selection of your e-mail address process was carried out through random selection in Our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected. And your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05, 06, 17, 20, 28, 42 (Bonus 33), which subsequently won you the Lottery in the 1st category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £ 1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £ 4,000,000.00 (Four Million Pounds) ,shared among the (4)lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6 plus bonus. Please contact your fiduciary Agent Mr. Greg Peterson immediately with the feed Verification/Fund Release Form Below:

1. Full Name:
2. Full Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:

Name: Mr. Greg Peterson
Telephone: +44 704 570 3256
Email: claims.bnl1@live.co.uk

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