419 scam: "Mrs Cherry Wealth"<temp@1128.org> GOOD NEWS FROM PUBLIC RELATION OFFICER LCH

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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 british 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)
- "united state of america" (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: "Mrs Cherry Wealth" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hangartnereric@yahoo.in>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:00:30 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM PUBLIC RELATION OFFICER LCH

DR. MRS CHERRY WEALTH.

PUBLIC RELATION: LONDON CLEARING HOUSE.

We just received this letter this morning from World Fund Discovery Management and Payment Bureau newly invented by the World Financial Service Authority United States Of America/United Kingdom.

This body was set up to discover an outstanding unpaid fund being owed Governments or Individuals all over the world through Contract Payment, Inheritance and Lottery Winning Prize Awards.

It will interest you to know that they were able to discover an outstanding unpaid/unclaimed sum of money in favor of your name. This Funds was deposited under our custody and we have been mandated to pay you a total sum of £3.5 Million British Pounds transfer you as COMPENSATION within 7 Working days.

Note that a special payment arrangement has been made to deliver this fund to you through A Courier Agent who is currently on official delivery in United State of America.

You are hereby advised to urgently furnish this office with your detailed information to enable us open up communication with you regarding the release of your fund immediately.

The information required from you to enable us process your payments are as follows;

NAME:

ADDRESS:

CELL PHONE NUMBER:

OCCUPATION:

MODE OF PAYMENT: BANK DRAFT

DELIVERY BY COURIER AGENT

DELIVERY FEE PAYABLE TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN USA

You are advised to contact us immediately with the above requested information for further details.

Thanks.

Yours Truly,

Dr. Mrs. Cherry Wealth.

Public Relation: London Clearing House

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