419 scam: "noreply@taglot.com"<ukinternationallottery@s402077728.onlinehome.us> INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING 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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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.
- +447031931075 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "noreply@taglot.com" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:43:47 -0700
Subject: INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref No: UKL/74-A0802742027
Batch No: 2007UKL-11

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1212) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Wed, April 5 ,2012. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/11 drew the lucky numbers: 12-23-25-26-34-49 (bonus no.04), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £537,181.00(Five Hundred And Thirty Seven Thousand One Hundred and Eighty One Pound Sterlings)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07.

This is from a total cash prize of £4,500,000 shared amongst the (9)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 are listed online. However,no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy and the selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ). In view of this,your £537,181.00 pounds sterlings in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07. (Five Hundred And Thirty Seven Thousand One Hundred And Eighty One Pound Sterlings) would be released to you by any of our payment officers world wide

For security reasons, you are advised to keep winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

To file for your claim, please contact our Oversea claims agent Fudiciary Agent: Mr. David Oloke
Official Email: claimagent@bancogulfsecurityservices.com
Phone: +447031931075

Endeavour to email your full names,winning numbers,telephone and fax numbers immediately.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for THE UK
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
(Sweepstakes International Programe)

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