419 scam: Agent Michael Dean <jtim188@yahoo.com> Sweepstakes 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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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: Agent Michael Dean <jtim188@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Agent Michael Dean <awardoffice.online@citromail.hu>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:07:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Sweepstakes award

Sweepstakes Winners and Their Prizes,

This is to inform you that you have won one million five hundred thousand United States Dollar $1,500,000.00 in this year 2019 through online Lottery under the organization of UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION GENEVA, 7 April (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) has made available today a total of $195,044,579.38 for distribution to successful winners picked through email addresses online. United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) authorized the winning prize of $195,044,579.38 held from 8 to 10 March. Your profile account emerged as one of the ten final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation of One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollar ($1.500000.00). This cash grant is a gift you will never be required to pay back. Payment is being made in respect of claims in category â€œAâ€ (claims of individuals for departures from Kuwait or Iraq), claims in category â€œCâ€ 615 claims in category â€œDâ€ (claims of individuals for damages above), and two claims in category â€œEâ€ (claims of corporations, other private legal entities and public sector enterprises), that were approved for payment by the Governing Council at its fifty-fifth session.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/08/APA-43658, REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522, PIN: 1208 WINNING NUMBER: 01 14 21 30 35 48. You are requested to send the following your full information to our fiduciary agent and your winning identification numbers for payment of your winning fund:

1. Full name#
2. Contact Address#
3. Telephone Number#
4. Country#
5. Age#
6. Occupation#
7. Batch Number#
8. Reference Number#
9. Pin Number#
10. Winning Number#
11. Please note that a copy of your passport or your driver's license is needed while sending your information#

CLAIMS MANAGER:
NAME: David Dawson
Tel: +1(936) 253-5688
TX USA.
https://uncc.ch/home

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