419 scam: "David Ashcroft." <A.shcroft@gmail.com> hi

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- davidashcroft84@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "David Ashcroft." <A.shcroft@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidashcroft84@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 03:44:55 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: hi

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 in
effect:i) Full names (ii) Nationality (ii) Country of residence (iv)
Occupation (vi) Age (v) Sex.
email:davidashcroft84@gmail.com
Kind Regards,
David Ashcroft.

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