419 scam: ESCH <eschmidteric02@gmail.com> CONGRATULATIONS!

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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: ESCH <eschmidteric02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: richardangelamaxwell@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 01:00:01 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

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Congratulations!
How are you doing today ? We hope this email finds you well.

Your email is among the 6 email addresses selected by a Google powered
email newsletter software operated by registered British freelance tech
experts upon our request to receive a cash donation of Â£1million from our
family, payable by our affiliate payout bank as part of ongoing
celebrations to mark our massive Euro millions win. A win which made us the
10th British Euro Millions winners. We are glad about our win and we would
like to give something back, a good reason why we are conducting this email
financial donation project. Perhaps you might feel skeptical, find more
info here;

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/euromillions-winners-richard-angela-maxwell-5448312

To receive this financial donation from our family via our affiliate payout
bank, Send your Full Names, Mobile number, Age, Occupation & Address for
final processing.

Submit your details only to: richardangelamaxwell@outlook.com

Richard & Angela Maxwell (retired)

Â©2015 The Maxwell's Email Financial Support Project. All Rights Reserved.

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What can you do when you receive 419 spam