419 scam: MR OBI RODNEY <zuscachtice@cachtice.sk> CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY 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:

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:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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.
- +2347061602845 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- mr.obirodney@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR OBI RODNEY <zuscachtice@cachtice.sk>
Reply-To: mr.obirodney@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:36:12 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY WINNER

UNITED NATIONS TRUST FUNDS.
Switzerland Department of Humanitarian Affairs,
Palais Des Nations,
CH-1211 Geneva 10,
Switzerland.

::: YEAR 2010 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS :::

Dear Winner,

We at United Nations (UN) global office likes to
officiallycongratulate you for the draw that was just held by our
organizationwhich featured you as the second place winner. Our
organization holdspromotions each year just to promote our Global
publicity andreputations as we plan to exploit more corners of the
world.

This promotion is just one of various ways we are presently using
toAchieve this global vision of ours. Your email address with Winning
ID:(UNO-154/4456/011) was luckily drawn to be this year's second place
winnercash prize of Five Hundred And Fifty Thousand ($550,000.00 USD)
UnitedStates Dollars. This money we believe will enable you make some
impact inthe society.

You are hereby requested to contact our agent for more details on
ourpromotion in particular before taking further actions to claiming
yourprize. Ensure you contact Mr.Obi Rodney who is our claims officer
in WestAfrica (Nigeria) and also a representative who understands
Englishlanguage. See details of him below;

Name : Mr.Obi Rodney
Email : mr.obirodney@yahoo.com.hk
Telephone : +2347061602845 or +2347057231053

When contacting the claims agent you should include the following if
youmust get a response from him;

*** Your Full Name:..........................
Address:.................................
Phone Number:..........................
Age:...............
Gender:................
Occupation:............................
Winning Email And ID:..................
Marital Status:.....................
Country:..............................
State................................

We know you must be excited and very happy about this news you have
justreceived from us, the truth is that we are doing this to put
smiles intohomes and hearts of people Worldwide.

Special greetings from the entire Staffs of United Nations Trust
FundsWorldwide.

***NOTE: You must be 18 years or older to claim your prize. Late
responseis not accepted, misconduct and non adherence to instructions
leads toprize termination.

Signed,
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
(UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL.)
________________________________________________

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