419 scam: "Dave and Angela Dawes" <daveadawesa@web.net> Congrats.

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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 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dave and Angela Dawes" <daveadawesa@web.net>
Reply-To: dave_angeladawes@hushmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:43:49 -0000
Subject: Congrats.

Hello Dear,

This is a personal email directed to you. I am Dave Dawes, I and my fiancé
won a Jackpot Lottery of 101 million pounds ($156 million) in October
2011, my fiancé and I and the Lottery board have decided to make sure this
is put on the Internet for the world to see.

You see, after taking care of the needs of our immediate family members
and friends, and have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of 1 million
pounds ($1.56 million) to you for you to help us on a charity project in
your area to improve helpless people and also building of churches and
mosques.

If you have received this email, please kindly follow the instruction
which is to make sure it is used for charity work as we shall visit your
area very soon to see how the work is going and to make physical
introductions with God's family in your area. So all you have to do now is
to get back to us with your NAME, ADDRESS, A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT and
CONTACT NUMBER so that we can send your details to the payout courier.

You can verify this by visiting the web pages below:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.html

Congrat.
Mr. Dave Dawes

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