419 scam: "The U.K. National Lottery" <costomercareubabankforafrica@gmail.com> RE

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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:
- "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.
- cfc.orabanktogo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The U.K. National Lottery" <costomercareubabankforafrica@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cfc.orabanktogo@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:52:59 -0800
Subject: RE

The U.K.A. National Lottery

Online Lottery Promo Dept.

P.O Box 1010

Liverpool

United Kingdom.

RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from the United
Kingdom NATIONAL LOTTERY program held on 17thfriday-17-16-August-2023. Your
name was attached to; Drew number: 1,608, Winning code: VLKL 51715, Ref N0:
L70/09-002/JA; which consequently won the lottery in the first category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of Â£2, 536, 892 Pound sterling
(TWO MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY
TWO GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS) . You have therefore been approved to claim a
total cash accredited to file Ref N0: L70/09-002/JA.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from 900,000 names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe,
Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions
program. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have an operational base.

Verify your winning prize online via the website:

*https://www.national-lottery.com/euromillions/results/friday-17-february-2023
<https://www.national-lottery.com/euromillions/results/friday-17-february-2023>*

Note that your winning number falls within our African booklet
representative office in Togo republic as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your funds would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Togo. Reach out to them via the below contact details.

Fiduciary Agent, Mrs. Vivian Francis

Chief Executive Officer ORABANK TOGO

Email: ( *cfc.orabanktogo@gmail.com <cfc.orabanktogo@gmail.com>* )

Congratulations once again from all the staff here. In order to verify your
winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes. Below is a copy of
our verifications form, please fill accordingly and send it to MRS. Vivian
Francis so as to proceed with your winnings.

VERIFICATIONS FORM:

1. NAME IN FULL........?

2. ADDRESS......?

3. NATIONALITY..........?

4. Age.............?

6. OCCUPATION............?

8. PHONE...............?

9.ID CARD/PASSPORT COPY......?

10. WINNING REFERENCES:

A, WINNING CODE...... VLKL 51715

B, DREW NUMBERS........ 1,608

C, CREDIT FILE N0........ L70/09-002/JA

D, TOTAL AMOUNT WINNED.... Â£2, 536, 892 GBP

For security reasons, we advise all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
is released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Very Truly Yours,

Mr. Michael Ferdinand

Online Auditor National Lottery

UNITED KINGDOM

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