419 scam: "UK-LOTTERY ORGANIZATION." <uklottowinnings@gmail.com> Your e-mail address has won you US$4,600,000.00

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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:
- "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)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- frankyoung0012@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK-LOTTERY ORGANIZATION." <uklottowinnings@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frankyoung0012@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:47:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your e-mail address has won you US$4,600,000.00

UK-LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
WINNING NOTIFICATION.

The result of the UK Lottery Organization's e-mail and free-ticket
winnings draws of January 2013 held in Bangkok Thailand has just been
released and we are glad to announce to you that your email address won
you the sweepstakes in the first category and you are entitled to claim
the sum of US$4,600,000.00 Your email address was entered for the online
draws on this Free Ticket Numbers: UKLJ-33-79-20-12 and won on this Lucky
Winning Numbers: 95-30-01-446-12

You are to contact Mr Frank Young on email address:
frankyoung0012@yahoo.co.jp for details on how to claim your lottery
winnings prize either by certified cheque delivery to your address or by
electronic wire transfer to your bank account. He will also advice you on
how to check and confirm your lottery winnings result with your email
address on our website. To enable Mr. Frank Young ascertain you as the
rightful winner and receiver of the US$4.6Million, MAKE SURE you include
the below listed information in your contact email to him.

Your country of origin and country of residence/work, complete official
names, amount won, free ticket and lucky numbers, date of draw, address
where your wish to receive your valid certified cashiers bank cheque of
US$4.6Million, contact telephone, Sex, Age and occupation.

If you are thinking of how you won without entering, then know again that
this very draw of the UK Lottery Organization in which you have emerged as
a winner was a free ticket, online and email address draws whereby
thousands of email addresses was collected from almost various world wide
websites and used for the online draws/sweepstakes and during winners
selection your email address came out among the first ten which won you
the lottery in the first winnings category and entitles you to claim the
complete approved sum of Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand U.S.A dollars.

From:
Mrs. Jennifer Larry,
Notification Manager
UK Lottery Organization.

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