419 scam: "UK LOTTERY"<lyy@torchcn.com> You are a 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "00,000.00" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <imfth@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:36:49 -0700
Subject: You are a winner..

UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
FREE TICKET & E-MAIL WINNING DEPARTMENT.
PO Box 1010 Liverpool L70 1NL.
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts WD18 9RN.

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION MESSAGE

Are you the correct owner of this email address? If you are then be glad this day as the result of UK lotto online e-mail winning draws and sweepstakes of JUNE 2017 held in the Silom Sub-District of Bangkok-Thailand has just been released. Your email address won the sum of $4,600,000.00 (Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars). All participants were selected randomly from worldwide websites and email account providers through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.

Your email address was entered for the online draw on this Ticket Number: 085-128-09 and won you $4.6 Million USD on Lucky Number: 01-06-08-10-12-16-27. You are to contact us back for details on how to receive your won prize without delays and hitches. To enable us ascertain you as the rightful receiver of the winning funds, include a copy of this Winnings Notification letter and the below listed claims verification particulars in your contact message to back to us:

1: Your Full Names:
2: Country:
3: Address:
4: Telephone:
5: Mobile Number:
6: Age and Gender:
7: Occupation/Job title:
8: Ticket and Lucky number: ............................. and .............................
9: Month and Venue of draws: JUNE 2017 and Bangkok-Thailand.

Email Address:

Congratulations from the Management and Staff of UK Lottery Organization.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. John Henry.
Online Coordinator.
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION (UK.L.O).

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