419 scam: "NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT" <Noreply@nationallottery.co.uk> 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:

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:
- "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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)
- "zonaldept12@w.cn" (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.
- +447031985198 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT" <Noreply@nationallottery.co.uk>
Reply-To: irbpaymentcenter@accountant.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:06:10 -0400
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

NATIONAL LOTTERY
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 National Lottery
wishes to inform you of the result of the (Email Address Ballot) online
Sweepstakes international program held at the British Headquarter.

Your email account have been picked as a winner of Six Hundred Thousand
Pounds Sterling (£600,000.00) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total sum of Four Million, Two hundred Thousand Pounds
Sterling (£4,200,000.00) shared amongst seven winners. This results is now
released to you on Wednesday the 04th day of July 2012 and your email
address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 3-9-14-19-34-38 and bonus ball --36-- 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.

**************************************************
Contact Agent: MR. Trevor Baker
Foreign Services Directorate,
Skyflight pacific service
E-mail: zonaldept12@w.cn.
Phone: Tel: +447031985198
**************************************************

You will be required to quote your lucky number,for confirmation on your
winnings. All winning must be claimed not later than 3weeks after receipt
of this mail. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to
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 information to your assigned fiduciary Agent
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.

Congratulations,
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs, Sandra Smith Well
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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