419 scam: laura sanchez <laurasanchez07@outlook.com> IMPORTANT NOTICES!

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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 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!

Fraud email example:

From: laura sanchez <laurasanchez07@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <awareness.grant@usa.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:50:11 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICES!

Hello, I am Laura Sanchez, i work for the Good Citizen Awareness Lottery , i am here to inform you about your winning prize which you are still yet to claim, your email address was selected in a raffle draw that was made some days ago and am very happy to inform you that you are one of our lucky winners in the draw that has won the total sum of $800.000.00 Your winning prize $800,000,00 is now ready for you to be claimed , so please email back as soon as possible.if you are ready for your winning money,You can also contact the Organization for the verification on here (442) 224-3309 via _text only Thank you and God bless you. Laura Sanchez

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