419 scam: Mr John henry <mrjohnhenry8@gmail.com> Dear Lucky Winner,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "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 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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- googlewinne@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr John henry <mrjohnhenry8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: googlewinne@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 04:48:25 -0800
Subject: Dear Lucky Winner,

*MICROSOFT GOOGLE LOTTERY PROMOTION*
*North London Business Park (NLBP) *
*Oakleigh Road South, London,*
*N11 1NP United Kingdom.*

*Dear Lucky Winner,*

*We happily announce to you the result of the Microsoft and Google Lottery
draws held on Friday 14th of December 2013, Lotto 6/49 in Essex, United
Kingdom. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draws system and extracted from over 100,000.00 companies
and personal e-mail addresses.*

*Your e-mail address attached to Ticket number: B9564 7560 with serial
number 046560 drew the winning numbers 6 7 14 16 17 27 Bonus 32. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £450,000.00 (Four Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file
EAAL/9080118308/UK.Please endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers:
(File #: EAAL/9080118308/UK) in all discussions.*

*To file for your claim, please contact your corresponding Fiduciary Claim
Agent (Mr. John Thomas) immediately you get this message for quick and
urgent release of your fund.*

*Contact information is as follow:*
*Mr. John Thomas*
*Email: googlewinne@hotmail.com <googlewinne@hotmail.com>*

*Endeavor to submit the below information’s as stated below to enable
Mr.John Thomas*

*process your winning funds.*
*1. Full Name:................................*
*2. Full Address:.............................*
*3. Marital Statue:...........................*
*4. Age:.......................................*
*5. Sex:.......................................*
*6. Nationality:...............................*
*7. Tel. Number:..............................*
*8. Country of Residence.....................*
*9.Occupation....................................*

****Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that
you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some participants of this
program. ****

*Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this Lottery
program.*

*Yours Sincerely,*
*Microsoft and Google Lottery Promotion **Customer Service***

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