419 scam: "Camelot UK Lotteries Limited"<cg@national-lottery.co.uk> CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!! 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:

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:
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Camelot UK Lotteries Limited" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <remittanceclaimsprocedure@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:31:30 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Camelot UK Lotteries Limited

Operators of UK National Lottery.

Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts WD18 9RN

United Kingdom.

OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF WINNINGS.

Organized by Camelot Group, the UK National Lottery is the biggest lottery in the United Kingdom. The lottery game is conducted under the aegis of the National Lottery Commission today. This lottery was introduced to the UK in the year 1994 by the former Prime Minister John Major. Due to a considerable drop in ticket sales of the national lottery, a massive rebranding campaign was organized in the year 2002. As a result of this, the main game was renamed as Lotto. However, the collection of the games is still referred to as The National Lottery. Today, it has become one of the most popular gambling games in the UK.

In view of this, please be well informed that the results of the online Electronic Mail (e-mail) Address Ballot Lottery International Program by Camelot Group held in the month of July, 2012 is out. Your e-mail address have been picked as the winner of a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file REF NO:CGNL/74-UK08027420.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web through Computer Balloting System drawn from over 100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed online.

To file for your claim, please Contact our Online Verification Officer with the details provided below:

Name: Wayne Wilshere

E-mail: remittanceclaimsprocedure@live.com

Tel: 00448719156839

You are to send the following information's to him as soon as possible:

* NAME IN FULL:

* DATE OF BIRTH:

*OCCUPTION:

* CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:

* CONTACT ADDRESS:

* COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:

* NATIONALITY:

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of Camelot Group.

Sincerely

Jessica Smith

Team Coordinator

Camelot (UK National Lottery).

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