419 scam: "owen Beckley"<2005@charter.net> YOUR AWARD

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million 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)
- ",500,000" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "owen Beckley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <beckowen62@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 17:00:13 +0100
Subject: YOUR AWARD

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to notify you that you have been chosen by The Board of Trustees of the Christian Aid 35 Lower Marsh Waterloo London SE1 7RL.(NGO UK) as one of the final recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation Economic growth and a poverty alleviation scheme.

Christian Aid (U.K.) a Multi-Million Pounds NGO group was established with the objective Of Human Growth, Poverty alleviation,Educational and Community development.In line with the 61st anniversary program, the Christian Aid (U.K.) in conjunction with the European Council is giving out One Hundred Million Pounds Sterling as specific Donations/Grants to 40 lucky International recipients worldwide in different Categories for Business development and charitable work.

These funds are freely given to use for your business, educational development, charitable work and your Community development at large.Your Email was selected Based on an internet random selection exercise, you are therefore confirmed one of The lucky recipients and are entitled to GBP ?,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING ) which is approximately USD $4,661,743.00 (FOUR MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE UNITED STATES DOLLARS) as charity donations/grant from the Christian Aid (UK).

You are required to Contact immediately the Christian Aid (UK) Secretary Below: for Qualification documentations, verification and Processing of GBP,500,000.00, which is approximately USD $4,661,743.00 entitlement.Endeavor to quote your Qualification Number: (N-222-6747, E-900-56).Endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers (N-222-6747, E900-56) in all your correspondence ..

Please note that these donations/Grants are administered by a UK Bank and therefore subject to UK Banking Laws.You are by all means advised to keep this whole information confidential until you have collected your donation, this is to avoid double and unqualified claims, due to Beneficiaries informing Third parties on cash grant donation.On behalf of the Board, kindly accept our warmest Congratulations!

Yours faithfully,
owen Beckley
Christian Aid Director.

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