419 scam: "ELIZABETH HANKS"<info@national-lottery.co.uk> Your Email Address Has Won You A Prize(Reminder)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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)
- "million 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)
- ",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.
- +447045704966 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +448712476662 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- nationalclaimsrep20@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- # +44 70457 04966 fax # +44-87-1247-6662 email: nationalclaimsrep20@yahoo.es do fill out the claims form to mr. clive owen,in other to (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "ELIZABETH HANKS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nationalclaimsrep20@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 21:23:07 -1200
Subject: Your Email Address Has Won You A Prize(Reminder)

National Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,!
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: UK/9420X2/68/BRT
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369/BRT
5th September 2011

Dear prize winner,
We happily announce to you the draw of the National Lottery International programs held on the 5th September 2011 in London.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545188 with
Serial number S/N-5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
(16)(27)(29)(34)(39)(45) (19)

,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore,been approved to claim a total sum of £2,000,000.00 (Two Million British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file RPC/9080118308/04.This is from a total cash prize of GBP £8,Million Pounds Sterling, shared mongst the first four lucky winners in this category.This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for National Lottery .The estimated £11,955,850 Million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The biggest was the £260 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions'predecessor(CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS: www.national-lottery.co.uk)

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your £2,000,000.00 (Two Million British Pounds Sterling) would be release to you by our affiliate Courier or bank in London depending on your choice. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him .

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. 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 to avoid double claims amongst other anticipated glitches that may and could lead to your prize being diverted. Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.

AGENT: Clive Owen
BRENT AND ASSOCIATE LTD U.K,
20 C! RAWTHORN ROAD, LONDON,
ED2 3GB ENGLAND

PHONE # +44 70457 04966
FAX # +44-87-1247-6662
Email: nationalclaimsrep20@yahoo.es

Do fill out the claims form to Mr. Clive Owen,in other to process the claims of your prize without delay.

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

(1.)FULL NAME
(2.)FULL ADDRESS
(3)NATIONALITY
(4)DATE OF BIRTH
(5)OCCUPATION
(6)TELEPHONE NUMBER
(7)SEX
(8)Annual Income (Optional)

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Hanks(MRS).
Zonal Coordinator

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using National Lottery addresses, but are not from The National lottery. Their aim to defraud hard working people.

PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:support@national-lottery.co.uk
OR elizabethhanksannouc@mail2webmaster.com

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