419 scam: Pedro Quezada <insterswitch01@gmail.com> Charity Donation

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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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 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.
- pedroquea20111@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Pedro Quezada <insterswitch01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pedroqa@yandex.com
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 19:02:22 +0100
Subject: Charity Donation

Dear,

This is a personal email directed solely to you to inform you that I
have chosen you to be my partner in my current charity program. By
this, I shall be donating the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars (US$2,500,000.00) to you which you will use to
establish any charity of your choice in your country.

All that is required of you is your time and honesty which I know
should be guaranteed going by what I have read about you and
considering that at this peak of your age, all that should matter most
to you should be to do one thing that will impact positively in the
lives of the people you are going to leave behind on this earth.

As a brief summary about me, I am a United States of America resident
/ citizen by naturalization but a Dominican Republican by birth. I
won the New Jersey Powerball Lottery of $338million (Dollars) and I
have just commenced my Charity Donation and I will be giving out cash
donation of US$2.5 MILLION DOLLARS to five (5) lucky individuals and
ten (10) charity organizations respectively across the globe which
your email address emerged as one of the lucky five email addresses
whose owner is to receive my cash donation of US$2.5 Million from the
list of the submitted email addresses from your region by the Google
Management Team. It is on this note that you are receiving this email
to inform you that I have listed you as one of the lucky recipients of
my cash donation. CONGRATULATIONS!

To enable me issue final instruction to my bank to issue you with the
certified payment draft (cheque), kindly confirm you're below details
to me.
============
1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Phone Number (Mobile/Home):
4. Sex:
5. Age:
6. Occupation:
7. Nationality:
8. Country of Residence:
9. Alternative Email (if any):
10. Scanned copy of Valid and legal means of identification.
============
To verify about my winnings, please read the daily mail news article
of my interview by visiting the web page below;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2302503/New-Jersey-338m-Powerball-winner-Pedro-Quezada-pays-30k-resolve-child-support-debt.html
Contact me directly by email on: pedroquea20111@hotmail.com .
Thank you and congratulations in advance,
PEDRO QUEZADA.

This e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is
addressed and may contain information that is privileged,
confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not
the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for
delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are notified
that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any
action in reliance on the contents of this message is prohibited. If
you have received this e-mail in error or in doubt of its
authenticity, please contact the sender immediately by email:
pedroquea20111@hotmail.com . Statements and representations made in
this message are not necessarily that of Pedro Quezada..

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