419 scam: "Untied Kingdom National Lottery Award" <angelazoe111@hotmail.com> This is an Offer for you

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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:
- "million united states 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)
- ",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)
- "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 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.
- daveangeladawes29@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Untied Kingdom National Lottery Award" <angelazoe111@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: daveangeladawes29@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:55:43 -0200
Subject: This is an Offer for you

Untied Kingdom National Lottery Award
197 Black-friars Road SE1 8NJ,
London - the United Kingdom.

Congratulations!!!

Good day.
This is a personal email directed to you. I and my wife won a Jackpot Lottery of Â£101m
and have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $1,000,000.00 USD to you as part of
our own charity project to improve the lot of 10 lucky individuals all over the world
Your Email Address won the sum of US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars
Only) through Electronic ballot from e-mail addresses collected from different
companies in the world in the ongoing Untied Kingdom Lottery as conducted and organized
in London, United Kingdom . We have therefore included Your Lottery Award Code Number
to this message [94C1040ALA] which should be kept strictly.

This is my website for you to view
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-
winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.html

Fill in the form below form immediately to my Private Email Address
(daveangeladawes29@yahoo.com) for your payment now and get more information about it

Full Name:
Sex:
Age:
Address:
Zip Code:
Occupation:
Country:
Mobile/Phone:
============================================
NOTE: For security reasons we therefore advise all winners to keep this information
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL from the public until your claim has been processed and your
prize money remitted/released to you. This is part of our precautionary measures to
avoid double claims, unwarranted abuse or any kind of impersonation.

Mr and Mrs. Dave Dawes Angela.
Email: daveangeladawes29@yahoo.com
Untied Kingdom National Lottery Award
How Do You Feel As A Winner:

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