419 scam: "Mrs. Evans Owen" <evansowen45@hotmail.com> I am contacting you because of the information I saw.

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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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- barr.elect.gov@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Evans Owen" <evansowen45@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <evansowen44@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 15:19:51 -0700
Subject: I am contacting you because of the information I saw.

I am contacting you because of the information which I saw about your fund payment, the barrister showed me the full information of those that have not receive there payment so I decided to contact you.

I am Mrs. Evans Owen, I am a London citizen, 48 years Old. I reside here in Silver Springs UK. My residential address is as follows. 7008 E Hwy 326 Silver Springs England, right now am thinking of relocating since I have received my payment through the payment barrister, I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over 23,000 pounds while trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria to receive my compensation fund, and I was directed to meet the payment Barrister, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me, He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment, Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $820,000.00 Moreover, the payment Barrister, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email address as one of the beneficiaries, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund file, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact the payment Barrister with this E-mail barr.elect.gov@gmail.com i am very sure that he will help you

Mrs. Evans Owen
London Uk Edu School

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