419 scam: "Ken Allan" <jcvegas@ubu.es> ONLINE NOTIFICATION UNIT.

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- freeman.sandler@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ken Allan" <jcvegas@ubu.es>
Reply-To: freeman.sandler@sify.com
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:40:23 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: ONLINE NOTIFICATION UNIT.

ONLINE NOTIFICATION UNIT.
UK NATIONAL e-LOTTERY.
51 CONWAY ROAD COLWYN BAY
LL29 7AW UNITED KINGDOM.

REFERENCE NUMBER: UKL/478593G9/19
TICKET NUMBER: 112-4540-525-106

26/08/2010

Congratulations,

This e-mail is to inform you that you have been selected as a winner for a
cash prize of £715,000.00(Seven Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Great Britain
Pounds) on our ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION program which was held today,
26th of Aug, 2010 in London, United Kingdom.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 112-4540-525-106 with
Serial number 0149-16 drew the lucky Numbers: 19-37-06-13-29, and a bonus
number of 24 which subsequently won you the lottery in the second
category. You have therefore been approved to claim the sum of
£715,000.00(Seven Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Great Britain Pounds) in
cash credited to file UXL/03920462943/07. This is from a total cash prize
of £5,005,000.00 shared equally amongst seven(7) lucky winners in this
category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

To file your claim, do contact our fiduciary agent assigned to your file
via email as given in the contact details below providing your Full Name:
Age: Sex: Tel No: Occupation: Country and Reference
Number(UKL/478593G9/19) to commence the process of releasing your cash
prize.

Name: Barr. Freeman Sandler
Email: freeman.sandler@sify.com

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being a part of this online lottery promotion.

Yours Truly,
Ken Allan.
Group Co-ordinator.

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