419 scam: "POWERBALL PLUS WINNERS"<finance@boveri.co.id> CONGRATULATIONS!

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "POWERBALL PLUS WINNERS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contactus@powerballpluswinner.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2019 12:13:25 +0300
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

OUR REF: SNT/FRN/112.

Your email has been selected as the winner of $10,000,000.00 million United State dollars after our weekly email raffle draw held today in Washington D.C, United States.

This raffle draw was sponsored by Google, Yahoo & Facebook Powerball draw committee and your email address pulled the winning numbers (02 10 25 66 67 26).

In other to claim your winnings, you are advised to provide a valid means of identification.

Click on the link below to see past winners on the news.
http://www.flalottery.com/pressRelease?searchID=198120
http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/01/news/largest-lottery-jackpots/

Power Ball Payment Committee
Contact the Verification Officer;
Name: Mathew Cole
Email: contactus@powerballwinnerplus.com
Hotline; +1 504 266 0426

Best Regards,
Adam Smith
Lottery Manager
https://powerballwinnerplus.com

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