419 scam: "ALLEN AND VIOLET LARGE"<info@charity.com> MESSAGE FROM ALLEN AND VIOLET LARGE

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
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.
- infovilasky01@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ALLEN AND VIOLET LARGE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infovilasky01@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:40:04 +0530
Subject: MESSAGE FROM ALLEN AND VIOLET LARGE

Greetings

This is a personal email directed to you. Let me formally introduce
myself to you, my name is Mr. Allen Large. I and my dear wife Violet
won a Jackpot Lottery of $11.3 million in July 2010 and have
voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $500,000.00 USD to you as
part of our own charity project to improve the lot of 5 lucky
individuals all over the continents of the world. If you have received
this email today then you are one of the lucky recipients and all you
have to do is get back to us so that we can send your details to the
payout bank. Please provide us your full name, Date of birth,
telephone, address, country,. You can verify this by visiting the web
pages below.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326473/Canadian-couple-Allen-Violet-Large-away-entire-11-2m-lottery-win.html

You have to contact my private email (infovilasky01@yahoo.com.ph)

Good luck,
Allen and Violet Large
Email: infovilasky01@yahoo.com.ph

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