419 scam: "The National Lottery"<info@greencube.com.sg> Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/06- Congratulations

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "british lottery international" (no such lottery exists)
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
- "uk national lottery inc." (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")
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 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.
- bcc-88777676@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The National Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nl02029948358@qatar.io>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:52:53 +0200
Subject: Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/06- Congratulations

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010,Liverpool, L70 1NL
United Kingdom
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/06
Match 6:: £3,861,900
http://www.national-lottery.com/results/result.asp?LotteryID=2&ResultID=189068

YOU HAVE WON £3,861,900 POUNDS STERLING

Our Dear Winner,

You have won the sum of £3,861,900 from BRITISH LOTTERY on our SAT 05/05/2012
The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet
E-mail Users,from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.We
hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is a weekly
lottery.

Failure to claim your win will result into the reversion of the fund to
our following week.You are therefore requested to contact immediately
our Claims Department below quoting winning number: LOTTERY NUMBER :
4 13 17 26 27 40 36

Foreign Fiduciary Agent, Email: bcc-88777676@hotmail.com
Payment and Release Order Department,
TRANS-ATLANTIC LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM.
VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM FILL OUT AND SEND TO THE E-MAIL
ABOVE.
=====================================================================
FULLNAME:.............................................................
FORWARDING ADDRESSE:.........................................................
CITY/STATE:....................... COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.......................
MARITAL STATUS:..................... NATIONALITY..............
SEX...........
DATE OF BIRTH:.................
TEL/FAX NR: .........................
OCCUPATION:..........................
CURRENT EMAIL:............................
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________ AMOUNT WON: ____________
COUNTRY_______________
COMPANY NAME(IF APPLICABLE)

MODE OF PAYMENT(CHOOSE ONE)
COURIER DELIVERY ............
BANK TO BANK TRANSFER........
=====================================================================
Upon the receipt of the dually filled claims form, I will notify the
British Gaming Board (BGB) for immediate release of your winnings.

I, ____________, HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEvER RECIEVED ANY
SETTLEMENT FROM BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM NOR ANY MEMBER OF
MY FAMILY FILLEDCLAIM ON MY BEHALF.

I THEREFORE AUTHORIZE, THE NATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM TO ACT ON MY BEHALF
IN THE PROCESSING AND SEND MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY
ME.SIGNATURE:______________
(TYPE IN YOUR NAMES): _______________DATE:__________________

Congratulations, once again.

Regards,
SIR.THOMAS GREEN,
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Copyright © 1994-2012 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline
http://www.national-lottery.com/results/result.asp?LotteryID=2&ResultID=189068

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