419 scam: "David Ashcroft"<bell@bell.hu> VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION !

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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:
- "dashcroft@foxmail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "David Ashcroft" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dashcroft@foxmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 23:59:07 -0600
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION !

Hi. My name is David Ashcroft, and I am a previous lottery jackpot winner of a £12.3million GB Pound jackpot held in May '97. Take a look at this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352033/Thriftiest-lottery-winner-Britain-16-years-pocketing-12million-jackpot-hes-splashed--double-glazing.html

You see, I have never been a very materialistic person. I do not see the need for lots of money. I am happy being able to provide myself and loved ones with what we need, and that's about it. I believe there are lots of other people who need this money more than I do, hence I have

made a very random decision that will benefit a lot of people. After simple investments have produced quite favourable results, I have decided to give back to the community, by giving out my initial win amount; ?12.3million GB Pounds.

I personally oversaw a random electronic selection of very random email addresses from all over the web and your email address fortunately turned up my grand prize winner of ?2 million GB Pounds! Congratulations. Let me have the following details to put this into effect:

i) Full names
(ii) Nationality
(ii) Country of residence
(iv) Occupation
(vi) Age
(v) Sex.

Sincerely yours,
David Ashcroft.
Email : dashcroft@foxmail.com

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