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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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: UNITED NATIONS AFRICA <unitednation@nations.afr>
Reply-To: unitednationsfoundationfunds@hotmail.es
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:48:34 -0500
Subject: UNITED NATION FOUNDATION AFRICA



UNITED NATION FOUNDATION AFRICA FROM: UNFA AWARD DEPT. REF:
UNFA/2010-968091/08 BATCH: 41/014/IPD Dear Sir/Madam, NOTICE OF GRANT
AWARD. We are glad to announce to you that after a series of random
selection from a batch of 50,000,000 international email-addresses
each from Canada, Australia, United States,Asia, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania your E-mail address emerged as one of the ten lucky
benefactors of the UNITED NATION FOUNDATION GRANT AWARD for the year,
2008. Hence, you have been awarded the sum of $4,500,000 USD (Four
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars).
CONGRATULATIONS!!! This GRANT AWARD takes place every year and this
foundation, is founded by Ted Turner to promotes a more peaceful,
prosperous, and just world through the support of the United Nations.
It was also conceived with the objective of human growth; alleviate
poverty across the globe, educational, and community development,
which is a measure to universal development strategy. At least=0D
15% of
the awarded funds should be used to add meaning to your environment.
To file for your claim or for further details, please contact our
Financial Officer on unitednationsfoundationfunds@hotmail.es) You will
be required to fill the form below and e-mail it to our Fiduciary
Officer for documentation and processing of the remittance of your
grant. Please endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers
(G8-222-6747,EU-900-56) in all correspondence.
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D PERSONAL INFORMATI=
ONS 1.
Name: 2. Address: 3. Marital Status: 4. Occupation: 5. Age: 6. Sex: 7.
Nationality: 8. Country of Residence: 9. Telephone Number (Country
Code)-(Area Code) - Phone Number): 10 Cell Number: (Country Code) -
(Cell Phone Number): 11.Fax Number: 12.Date Notified:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D SEND ALL YOUR CLAI=
MS AND
INQUIRIES TO FINANCIAL OFFICER Name: Dr. Carl Johnson
Email:unitednationsfoundationfunds@hotmail.es After contacting our
office with the requested=0D
data, you will be given your donation Pin
number, which you will use in collecting the funds. In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your
Qualification numbers in all correspondence. We also ask that you keep
this notification confidential until your claims have been processed
and your money paid to you. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please
be warned Finally, all funds should be claimed by their respective
beneficiaries, no later than 14 days after notification. Failure to do
so will result to outright cancellation. Congratulations once more
from staff and management of UNF GRANT AWARD GAMING COMMISSION. Dr.
Carl Johnson Deputy Director / Grants Coordinator UNITED NATION
FOUNDATION AFRICA GRANT AWARD PROGRAM =20
(c) 2008 UNFA Foundation, All Rights Reserved=20
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