419 scam: "British National Lottery Board"<shreejit.chadran@lm-exchange.com> Lottery Winning Notice

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a 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.
- +447035941123 (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.
- leytoncrawford@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "British National Lottery Board" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <leytoncrawford@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:15:47 +1300
Subject: Lottery Winning Notice

British National Lottery Award Promotion Programme
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Lottery Co-ordinator,
Dr.Mrs. Sandra Briggs
Chairperson Lottery Organized Committee
Dr. Mrs. Jenniffer Gray.
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom.
British National Lottery Award Promotion Programme

Attn: Sir/Madam

British Natonal Lottery! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Micro-soft Lottery Draw for the year 2012-2013. All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually,consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of £930,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS ONLY ).

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational Micro-Soft companies and arts councils of England as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities and the whole world where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £930,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in United Kingdom

How to get your fund claimed:
These are your identification numbers
Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/04
Batch No Lotto 6/49
Draw Coupon : Match 6+B
Ref No: 474061725/04,
Batch: 7056490902/188,
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC

To file for your claim, please contact our certified and accredited corresponding agent in United Kingdom immediately for category "A" winners for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow:

Mr.Leyton Crawford ( Esq.)
Solicitors,Conveyancers & Public Notary
30 Prospect Hill, Galway United Kingdom.
Tel : +447035941123
Email: leytoncrawford@hotmail.com

You are to provide the claim agent with the under listed information as soon as possible:
1. Name In Full:................................
2. Address:.....................................
3. Nationality:.................................
4. Age:.........................................
5. Sex..........................................
6. Occupation:..................................
7. Marital Status:..............................
8. Phone.......................................
9. Fax:........................................
10.Wining References:..........................
11.TOTAL AMOUNT WON............................
Ref No: .......................................
Batch No: .....................................
Winning No:....................................

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.

(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.

(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this Confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.
Congratulations once again from all our British National Lottery Staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions programme.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
The British NationalLottery winning draw is conducted in each quarter of the year .

Thanks for your Co-operation in anticipation.
This email is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected by other legal rules.If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately on the telephone number given below and delete the message from all locations on your computer. You should not copy this email or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person: to do so may be unlawful.
Congratulations!!!.

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
Copyright ? 2005-2010 The National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service

Yours Sincerely
Dr.Mrs Jeniffer Gray

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