419 scam: "unesco@office.co.uk"<unesco@office.co.uk> (no subject)

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- unesco@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "unesco@office.co.uk" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drcheunglika@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 22:54:14 +0100
Subject:

Qualification numbers (154/4456/0112).

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise,Please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you following ourofficial publication of results of an exclusive list of 47,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the internet as part of our international information technology enhancement programme.No tickets were sold and Applications were also made by national governments or international non-governmental organizations,maintaining formal consultative relations with UNESCO in your country.

A Draft of 500,000,00(Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) will be issued in your name. For Validation Purpose ,
Please Forward The Following Information as Listed Below to our Information and Payment bureau Officer in United Kingdom.

Required Info

Full Names:.
Residential address:.
Tel(Mobile):.
Nationality/Country:.
Age/Sex:.
Occupation/Position:.

SEND DETAILS FOR VALIDATION TO:

Dr Mariana Patru on: unesco@hotmail.co.uk

Best Regards,
Isabelle Le Fournis,
(Press Relations Section UNESCO)

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