419 scam: "UK National Lottery" <uknlgames.lindagreen@yahoo.co.uk> Attention:Email Account Holder Your Email 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:

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:
- ",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.
- +447035906855 (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.
- uknlgames_yvonneedward@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK National Lottery" <uknlgames.lindagreen@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 18:15:12 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Attention:Email Account Holder Your Email Have Won

The UK National Lottery
British Government Accredited
Licensed & Registered.
Monck Street,London OvSW1P 2BQ.

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We publicize the external draws of the Free-Lotto grant,apprehended in
United Kingdom, July 2012. Ticket Number:UK/9420X2/68 Draw No :/301 02 22
27 33 40 44 BONUS 24 have won One Million Great Britain
Pounds(1,000,000.00)from National Lottery Games we collects all the email
addresses of the people that are active online,Among the millions that
subscribed to Yahoo, Hotmail and various Microsoft window users,we only
select five emails every year as our winners,National Lottery Games have
created over 2,700 millionaires in UK,congratulations for being one of
the Email Account Holder selected.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.

For more information Contact: Mrs Yvonne Edward so your funds can be
remitted to you with the following details.

Ticket Number:......
REF:TNL:.......
Draw No:.....
Full Names:..(Surname First)......
Address........
Country:.............
Telephone:............
Gender:....
Marital Status:.....
Age:....
Occupation:.........

Send All Details To Mrs Yvonne Edward Email:
uknlgames_Yvonneedward@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: + 44 703 590 6855

Sincerely,

MR John Smith
Web-Email Information Manager
www.bbc.co.uk/lottery

NOTE:If You Recieve This Message In Your Junk Or Spam Its Due To Your
Internet Provider.This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous
content by Mail Scanner,and is believed to be clean.

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