419 scam: "Prince Alwaleed bin Talal"<agency020@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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Prince Alwaleed bin Talal" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alwaleedbintalal@foxmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 13:05:08 +0300
Subject: HI

Good day and Congratulations!

I am Prince Alwaleed bin Talal from Saudi Arabia, I am the 34th richest man in the world and have decided to donate some of my wealth to 100 lucky beneficiaries around the world. I am pleased to inform you that your email addresses were selected randomly from over 100,000 Internet websites or a shop’s cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from. Using an electronic balloting system, your email address came out as the 20th lucky beneficiary world wide, and you have been approved a donation amount of $1 Million USD as my charity support to you and your family. To verify email authenticity, see link:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33353370
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/saudi-arabia-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-give-entire-32-billion-fortune-charity-1508820
Send the below information for urgent cash disbursement.
•Full Name, •Mobile #, •Age, •Country. Send your response to (info1@alwaleedfoundation.co.uk)

Congratulations once again,

Best Regards,
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal

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