419 scam: "United Nations Grant"<abs000037@gmail.com> RE:Congratulation: You'v Won Family Frant Prize Award

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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:
- "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)
- "million british 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)
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.
- +447031744557 (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.
- ungrant00002@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations Grant" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ungrant00001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 20:40:14 +0800
Subject: RE:Congratulation: You'v Won Family Frant Prize Award

Address Linkelly Limited,
4a New College Parade,
Finchley Road, London,
Phone…+ 447031744557
Fax- + 442071174338
Email ungrant00002@gmail.com

WE THE PEOPLES, A STRONGER UN FOR A BETTER WORLD.

Attention: Beneficiary!

United Nations (UN) Globally approved (65 Million Pounds Sterling’s) To (100) lucky families As Parts of Our Social responsibilities for Poverty Alleviation Supporting Family Grants Allocation and this is actually historic events for lucky families all over the world to educate and restore back education for all. After the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the appointed Delegates visited Haiti and Asia, Middle East and rest of the world.

If you received this e-mail, note that your Family Grants Award of (£1, 000, 000.GBP) Pounds (one Million British pounds sterling)

Fill the claims form below and submit your contact details to our Social Worker for further information’s Contact: (Mr. Kenny Ford) by email (ungrant00002@gmail.com) for your families grant payment.

Family Grants No: UN/GRANT/PAG/0122014

Full Name …..

Next of kin Full Name …

Address …..

Phone Number ….

Occupation

Country of Origin

Age…..

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Kenny Ford (Family Grants Processing Agent.) Europe and Haiti, Africa countries, Rest of the World.
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (Grant Officer:
Ban Ki-moon (Secretary General)

Note: For security reasons, you are advised to keep your family Grants information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming

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