419 scam: "Dave Angelina Dawes" <dave@mal.com> Best of Luck

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "you are advise to" (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: "Dave Angelina Dawes" <dave@mal.com>
Reply-To: daveangelinadawes@rocketmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:01:03 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Best of Luck

Dear Friend,

This is a life time opportunity and 100% legitimate. My fiance and I have
decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. You
see after taken care of the needs of our immediate family members and
friends, we decided to donate £1 million pound each to other unknown 5
individuals around the world in need, the local fire department, the Red
Cross, and some other organizations in Asia, Europe and Africa. The bulk
of the funds deposited with Halifax, the payout bank of this donation
scheme. We have kept some of the entire lottery sum to ourselves for the
raining day.

To speed up the disbursement process of the funds £1 Million Pound [$1.56
million] which have been donated solely to you, please send us your
contact address and a valid identification of your self so that we can
forward your details over to the payout bank immediately. We are hoping
that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there
in your country. You are advise to change your password to your email for
security reasons, to avoid double claims.

Thank you for accepting our offer, we are indeed grateful.
We anticipate your earliest response.

Best of luck,
Dave Dawes.

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