419 scam: "United Nation" <info@undp.org> CONGRATULATIONS

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nation" <info@undp.org>
Reply-To: andrew.gordon@timepass.com
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:10:40 -0400 (VET)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

United Nation Development Program
UN House, London, United Kingdom.

The UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM would like to notify you that your
email address
just won the sum of $400,000 (Four hundred thousand USD). The email
address was selected
from an exclusive list of 250,000 e-mail addresses of individual and
corporate bodies
picked by an advanced automated random computer balloting system.

Contact Mr. Robert Bailey via Email with the below information for claim:

1.FULL NAME
2.ADDRESS
3.COUNTRY
4.SEX
5.AGE
6.OCCUPATION
7.TELEPHONE

NAME: Mr. Andrew Gordon
Email:andrew.gordon@timepass.com
Claims Processing Agent,
Verifications/Logistic Department.

Warm Regards
Patricia Gallen
(Online Announcer UNDP)

United Nation Development Program
UN House, London, United Kingdom.

The UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM would like to notify you that your
email address
just won the sum of $400,000 (Four hundred thousand USD). The email
address was selected
from an exclusive list of 250,000 e-mail addresses of individual and
corporate bodies
picked by an advanced automated random computer balloting system.

Contact Mr. Robert Bailey via Email with the below information for claim:

1.FULL NAME
2.ADDRESS
3.COUNTRY
4.SEX
5.AGE
6.OCCUPATION
7.TELEPHONE

NAME: Mr. Andrew Gordon
Email:andrew.gordon@timepass.com
Claims Processing Agent,
Verifications/Logistic Department.

Warm Regards
Patricia Gallen
(Online Announcer UNDP)

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