419 scam: "Mr.Amancio Ortega " <johemailq5@excite.com> CLAIM YOUR $2 MILLION USD DONATION FUNDS!!!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- amancioortega12654@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Amancio Ortega " <johemailq5@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 05:38:29 -0500
Subject: CLAIM YOUR $2 MILLION USD DONATION FUNDS!!!

Good day.I am Mr Amancio Ortega I know you will be curious to know
why and how I selected you to receive a cash sum of $2,000,000,00 USD.

The board of trustee of Microsoft owners collects 500,000 e-mail address from all the mail network services in all over Asian Europe and other countries and over twenty million e-mail address participated in this charity organizations.Mr.Amancio Ortega Worldâ€™s Second-Richest Man Billionaire Investor and my wife Rosalia fashion businessman and founding chairman of the Inditex fashion group,of Zara clothing showrooms around the world and 20 persons from one hundred different countries were selected to benefit from this charity organizations and you are one of the Selected

My wife and I decided to donate the sum of $2,000,000,00 USD to you as part of our charity project to improve the lot of 20 lucky individuals all over the world from our $16.5 Billion Usd I and My Wife Mapped out to help people before she died.For more information Email:amancioortega12654@yahoo.com

full names.................
contact address................
personal telephone number...............
your Date of birth............................
Marital Status............................
Occupation................................
One Passport photograph or any of your valid Identity
Thank you for accepting our offer,
God bless you

Regards,
Mr.Amancio Ortega worldâ€™s second-richest man Billionaire investor
amancioortega12654@yahoo.com

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