419 scam: "UK Lottery Organization"<winnings@uklotto.org> Your e-mail address has won you $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:

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:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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!

Fraud email example:

From: "UK Lottery Organization" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uklo.claims@gncn.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:50:50 +0700
Subject: Your e-mail address has won you $4,600,000

FROM: THE DESK OF MR. KONGSAMPONG PHROM-BORIRAK
THE MANAGER,
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION (BANGKOK-THAILAND CLAIMS CENTER)
Sponsorship No.1: 63/134/242/7
Sponsorship No.2: 210/69/167/22
Sponsorship No.3: 210/69/25/13

CONGRATULATIONS DEAR WINNER.

We happily announce to you the results of UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION'S FREE TICKET ONLINE DRAWS, held here in Bangkok Thailand on the 2nd day of March 2011. We wish to congratulate you on the success of your email address which came out in the first winnings category and won you the total sum of US$4,600,000 in our free ticket, online and email address computer balloting.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number UKLP-66-73-203-13 with serial number 5039398064482100 drew this lucky numbers 6-29-48-15 which subsequently won the Lottery and Qualified you as an international Winner. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$4,600,000 (Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand USA dollars) through any of our available payment methods.

Your email address was Reference Numbered to: 56475600545188 and your winnings and payment Batch Number is 074/05/ZY369. For your US$4,600,000 payment process to begin, you will be expected to CLICK REPLY on your email account and send your winnings notification return email. Do not forget to include the below listed winnings and personal claims information:

Your complete official names
Full address & country
Telephone & mobile numbers & AGE.
OPTIONAL: Gender, occupation and job title
Free ticket and Lucky numbers
Reference, Serial and Batch numbers
Date and venue of draw

After you have replied with the above winnings and personal claims information, one of our APPOINTED CLAIMS AGENT will get back to you with further details on how you will be paid your won prize of US$4,600,000.00 and you will proceed with him from there on to the end. Congratulations on your winnings. For more details, you can also visit: http://uklofreeticket.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

Good luck from me and all staff members of the UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION (BANGKOK-THAILAND CLAIMS CENTER).

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR. KONGSAMPONG PHROM-BORIRAK
THE MANAGER,
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION (BANGKOK-THAILAND CLAIMS CENTER)

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