419 scam: Mr Allen Large <info@office.ca> Congratulations, READ 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:

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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Allen Large <info@office.ca>
Reply-To: mrallenlarge2@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:50:15 +0300
Subject: Congratulations, READ URGENT!

Dear Friend,

This is a life time opportunity and 100% legitimate. Violet my wife and I have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. My wife has cancer and as you could see from the web page, am not getting any younger and you can imagine having no kids at this age. You see after taken care of the needs of our immediate family members, we decided to donate the remaining of the $11.2 Million CAD to other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department, the Red Cross, Haiti, hospitals in Truro where Violet underwent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes and the bulk of the funds deposited with The Broadcastle Bank London, UK. The payout bank of this charity donation scheme. We have kept just 2% of the entire lottery sum to our self for the raining day. we have trust on you as a good person who will also help other people who needs help, I will not hide anything from you
, Violet my wife wanted us to give you $500,000.00 USD but I insisted that we give to you $1,000,000.00 USD.

To facilitate the disbursement process of the funds [ $1,000.000.00 USD ] which have been donated solely to you, please send us your details to us,

FULL NAMES:........
CONTACT ADDRESS:..........
PHONE NUMBER:............
OCCUPATION:..........
MARITAL STATUS:........
COUNTRY:........

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. We will employ you to do what you can to alleviate the level of poverty in your region and also try to enhance the standard of living of as many people as you can because that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.
For more information visit this site: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326473/Canadian-couple-Allen-Violet-Large-away-entire-11-2m-lottery-win.html
Thank you for accepting our offer, we are indeed grateful.
We anticipate your earliest response.
Regards,
Mr Allen Large.

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