419 scam: "UK Lottery Organization"<january29th2009wins@uklotto.co.uk> Your e-mail address has won you US$4,600,000

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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:
- "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!
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.
- craig_lawson338@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK Lottery Organization" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <craig_lawson338@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:23:29 +0100
Subject: Your e-mail address has won you US$4,600,000

UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
TICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.

Are you the correct owner of this email address? If yes then be glad this day as the result of the UK lotto, online and e-mail address free-ticket draws of January 29th 2009 held in Bangkok-Thailand has just been released and we are glad to announce to you that your email address came out in the first category and entitles you to claim the sum of US$4.6 Million.

Your email address was entered for the online draw on this free ticket number: GFJ3934HHE9 and won on this Lucky number: M373DHDEZQAP. You are to contact Mr. Craig Lawson on the this email address: craig_lawson338@yahoo.co.jp for options on how to receive your won prize of US$4,600,000. To enable Mr. Craig Lawson ascertain you as the rightful winner and receiver of the US$4,600,000.00, MAKE SURE you include the below listed information in your contact mail to him.

Your complete official names, country of origin and country of residence/work, contact telephone and mobile numbers, address, amount won(US$4,600,000), free ticket number(GFJ3934HHE9), lucky number (M373DHDEZQAP), date of draw (January 29th 2009), Sex, Age, Occupation and job title.

Are you thinking of how you won the US$4,600,000.00 without entering or purchasing the lottery ticket?

Know now that this very draw of the UK Lottery Organization in which you have emerged as a winner was a free ticket, online and email address draws where thousands of email addresses was collected from almost all world wide websites and used for the online draws/sweepstakes and during winners selection your email address came out among the first ten which won you the lottery in the first winnings category and entitles you to claim the sum of Four Million, Six hundred thousand USA Dollars.

UK.L.O.
Online Winning Notification Department.

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