419 scam: Bruce Jacobs <uno.claimsdept09@yahoo.com.hk> Please Read Carefully

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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:
- "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "unoclaimsdept@informaticos.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447045716527 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Bruce Jacobs <uno.claimsdept09@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: uno.claimsdept@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:52:47 +0800
Subject: Please Read Carefully

United Nations Trust Funds
United Kingdom Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Baley House, Har RoadSutton, Greater London SM1 4te.United Kingdom.

Congratulations Beneficiary,

The United Nations Organization (UNO) has selected 3000 lucky individuals

from the 30 member countries and the other selected countries to benefit

from their recent economic empowerment programme.This email notification

confirms you as one of the lucky beneficiaries of this year's draw. Each of

the beneficiaries are to receive the sum of Six Hundred And Fifty Thousand

Five hundred Great British Pound Sterlings(£650,500.00) each.

United Nations Organization, collects all the email addresses of the
people that are active online,among the millions that subscribed to the

Internet.we only select five people every Year as our winners through

electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you

for being one of the people selected.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................UNO 09102XN
Reff number.......................UNO 35447XN
Winning number...................UNO 09788XN

These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contact

the event manager/Claims Department, send your winning identification

numbers and fill the verification form below,to enable him verify your

claims.

1.FULL NAMES OF DONATION BENEFICIARY:
2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3.DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
4.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS:
5.NAME AND ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:
6.SEX:
7.OCCUPATION:
8.MARITAL STATUS:
9.NATIONALITY:

Our corresponding office in the (AU) African Union will give details on how

your funds would be remitted to you.Do contact our payment office

immediately with the informations below.

A Scanned copy of a valid identification card should also be
attached(either an International passport or Driver's License) and send

with the listed information for claims of your won prize.
******************************
Payment Officer:Mr.Maxwell Moore
Phone Number:+447045716527
Email: unoclaimsdept@informaticos.com

Regards,
Mr Bruce Jacobs.
Secretary to the Board

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