419 scam: "Dawson Evans"<info@dawevans.net> URGENT

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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.
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.
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.
- dawevans01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dawson Evans" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dawevans01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:30:17 -0500
Subject: URGENT

Attention Beneficiary,

May the blessing of the Good Lord be with you and your family.

I was busy for the past weeks trying to figure out a possible means 0f reaching you, not until when I got access to MRS SIDEK ZAITON email box some few days back. I hope you know that MRS SIDEK ZAITON have been called to glory. The Charity Project of Ten Million U.S.Dollars donation which she was having with her correspondent bank in the UK will be authorized to be transferred to you as next of kin as soon as you respond to this message.

The fund will be transferred to your bank account without much suffering and cost on you since it was not possible through my Office some time ago to relocate the fund into a private account. The fund is presently with a UK bank which will not cause any harm to facilitate to you without restrictions and policies.

The transfer will be through online banking and it will not cost us money on like when we want to do direct wire transfer from bank here to your Bank. The online banking transfer is easy, cheaper and you have access control on the funds transfer transaction.

Please reply and contact me so I can link you up the Bank and account officer in charge with modalities on how you can contact the Bank for the online banking transfer to your bank account.

Kindly respond through my private email address dawevans01@gmail.com

Will await your prompt response.

Regards

Dawson Evans

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