419 scam: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO 2011"<ukcustomercenter@customerservice.com> UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO..Congratulations You Have Won!!!

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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:
- "ukcustomercenter_glloyd@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447024057608 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO 2011" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ukcustomercenter_glloyd@ymail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:27:21 -0000
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO..Congratulations You Have Won!!!

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO
PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
101 BOVILL ROAD
LONDON. SE23 1EL.Ref: EGS/2251256003/02
Batch: 14/0017/1PD

WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

The board of directors and entire member of staff of the UK National Lottery wishes to inform you of the result of the (Email Address Ballot) online Sweepstakes international program held at the British Headquarter on Saturday 10/12/2011.Your email account have been picked as a winner of Seven Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty Seven Pounds Only Sterling (£753,437.00) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This results is now released to you on 18/12/2011 and your email address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 16-21-24-29-30-29-20 and bonus ball --5-- in the Lotto, to check your results online click on this link http://lottery.co.uk/res/ participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email address users. Your fund has been converted into a bank draft with a hardcover insurance.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your bank
draft sent directly to your designated delivery address as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public. You are therefore advised to contact your Claim Processing Officer Immediately via the below informations:

Contact Agent: Mr. Gilbert Lloyd
Foreign Services Directorate,
E-mail: ukcustomercenter_glloyd@ymail.com
Phone: +447024057608

You will be required to quote your lucky number,for confirmation on your winnings. All winning must be claimed not later than 1week after reciept of this mail. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to the European Union Treasury as unclaimed prize for good cause.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. You are therefore advised to give the following informations to your assigned Claim Processing Officer via email or telephone.

1.Full name and address.
2.Country.
3.Tel and fax number.
4.Occupation.
5.Languages Spoken.
6.Religion.
7.Any Identification.

Congratulations from the entire member of staff and thank you for being part of our email account users program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Julie Van Hans,

Executive (International Sweepstakes).

Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be impersonator using our names and addresses, but are not from the NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT

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