419 scam: carolinabaptist@mchsi.com (UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PGM) YOU HAVE JUST WON 750,000GBP

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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 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: carolinabaptist@mchsi.com (UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PGM)
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:20:04 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE JUST WON 750,000GBP

UNITED NATIONS AWARDS
NOTIFICATION 2008.

We are pleased to inform you today 27th June 2008 of the result of the winners
of the UNITED NATIONS AWARDS, Held on the 27th June 2008,You have therefore
been approved to receive the sum of 750,000GBP .
Note that You are required to file claims for your lottery prize
winnings by contacting the the claim's officer with your below infomations:
(a) Full Name (b) Contact Address (c) Phone Number (d) Age (e) Sex (f)Country

Claim's Officer: Michael Fox
Email: ukon2008@live.com

Carolina Baptist
General Overseer,
UNITED NATIONS AWARDS.

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