419 scam: United Nation Prize Award <info@award.com> Free-Lotto Award Winner!!!

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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.
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.
- +447035919274 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: United Nation Prize Award <info@award.com>
Reply-To: 2010.uknl@8u8.com
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:23:44 -0600
Subject: Free-Lotto Award Winner!!!

Dear Lucky Beneficiary,

We publicize the external draws of theUnited Nation Prize Award, apprehended in United Kingdom in February 2010. Based on random assortment implement of the internet websites, from Millions of E-mails Worldwide your email address was chosen including other three(3) Lucky winners to collect A Free lotto prize award of £750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

This is the Ticket number 07-08-10-19-40-46-{55} and Drew the lucky numbers 04-06-09-90-09-22(07) which subsequently won you £750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds). To claim your prize, kindly contact the Fiduciary manager via email below with your Winning Ticket Number and Drew Lucky numbers and kindly fill the form below.

****************************************************
Mr. Lampard Joel
Head Winning Claims Dept.
Email: 2010.uknl@8u8.com
Tel: +44 703-591-9274
****************************************************

Name of Winner: Residential Address: Country:
Sex: Occupation: Tel No: Date Of Birth:
Amount Won: How do you feel being a winner?
Preffered Mode of payment...

Upon the receive of your above detail we shall process your prize and dispatch to your location. This promo is governed and monitored by the British Gambling Commission 2010 and censored (B.G.C).

Sincerely,
Mr Ban Ki-Moon
United Nations Secretary-General

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