419 scam: Dave & Angela <test@findoffice.com.tw> Dear Good Friend..

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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:
- ",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.
- davengela1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dave & Angela <test@findoffice.com.tw>
Reply-To: <davengela1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:18:37 +0100
Subject: Dear Good Friend..

Dear Good Friend,

My wife and I won the biggest Euro Millions lottery prize of £101,203,600.70 GBP and we just commenced our Charity Donation and we will be giving out a cash donation

of £1,500,000.00 GBP to ten (10) lucky individuals and ten (10) charity organizations from any part of the world.

Your email address was amongst the email address submitted by (YAHOO INC/GOOGLE INC) as a web user. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as one of the

lucky individuals.

Kindly get back to us with the below details so that we can send your details to our payout bank via our email

Full Name: Age:

Country:

Phone Number:

Kindly visit the web pages for further verification:

(JUST CLICK ON THE WEBSITE BELOW OR COPY AND PASTE IT ON YOUR WINDOW)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.html

Regards,
Dave & Angela Dawes
davengela1@hotmail.com

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