419 scam: "Ms. Louise Large" <mslarge@live.com> From Ms. Louise 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:

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:
- ",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)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Louise Large" <mslarge@live.com>
Reply-To: enquiriesoffice1@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 02:39:47 +0400
Subject: From Ms. Louise Large

Congratulation,

My name is Ms. Louise large and my sister Betty from Nova Scotia,
after the death of our parent Mr. Allen and Violet Large who won
Jackpot Lottery of $11.2 million in July, they decided to give away 98
per cent of their jackpot to family, local churches, fire departments
and the Red Cross and we have voluntarily as instructed by our late
parents to donate the sum of $1,000,000.USD to you as part of charity
project. Which you will in turn donate some part of the money to
charities of your choice.

A random draw was made your e-mail and name was picked as one of the
lucky winner of this recipient and all you have to do is to get back
to us so that we can send you details on how you should receive your
winning fund. you can verify this by visiting the web pages below.

http://www.everydaymoney.ca/2011/07/remember-violet-large-the-lotto-winner-that-gave-away-112m.html

Yours sincerely

Ms. Louise Large

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