419 scam: UK Lottery Organization <orgorg-------rsna@att.net> Your e-mail address has won you US$2,500,000.00 online

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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:
- "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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 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.
- +447614038116
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.
- mrshelentdd@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: UK Lottery Organization <orgorg-------rsna@att.net>
Reply-To: mrshelentdd@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:50:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Your e-mail address has won you US$2,500,000.00 online

FROM: UK Lottery Organization.
Online Winning Notification Department,
Geneva 10, Switzerland

Hello,

Are you the owner of this email address or do you have authorized access to it in the absence of the owner? If yes then have every reason to rejoice as the result of the UK lottery, free ticket and online e-mail address draws has just been released and guess what? We wish to congratulate you that your email address has won you the sweepstakes in the first category and you are entitled to claim the sum of Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars only.

Your email address won the online lottery on this Free Ticket Number: APP23656675471 and Lucky Number: MX014926583. The online email draws was held in Geneva Switzerland on the 10th February 2011.

For the immediate payment of your winnings prize money of US$2,500,000.00 kindly contact our United Nations Payment Coordinator in the United Kingdom with the following information.

Name: Mrs.Helen Tony
Address: #3 Whitehall Court London SW1A 2EL-United Kingdom.
Telephone:+447614038116
Email -mrshelentdd@yahoo.co.jp

All correspondences to Mrs.Helen Tony should have this Reference Number (UNRUKLO/25-20CH) sent along with your Full Name, Contact Address, Sex, Age and Telephone number(s) for prompt attention.

All winners are advice to keep their winnings Luck Number and Reference Number confidential for security reasons until the prize money is release to you.

Once again Congratulations.

Yours faithfully,

Martins Schurtenberger
Secretary, UK Lottery Organization.
Geneva 10, Switzerland

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