419 scam: Mrs Doreen Scott <no-reply@dominie.com.au> ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE???

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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: Mrs Doreen Scott <no-reply@dominie.com.au>
Reply-To: allmails.ng@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 01:27:47 +1000
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE???

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I am pleased to inform you that the result of the just concluded final
draws held on the 2nd Quater of the year 2017 by Google Group in cash promotion
to encourage the usage of $7.5million. There was an online draw that was just
conducted by a random selection of emails, and you were picked by an advanced
automated random computer search in conjunction with GMAIL, that you won the sum
of $7.5million.
I want you to know that this gmail organization promotion is not a joke or
a scam, we also want you to know that this promotional offer is 100%real and
legit and that the FBI is fully aware of it, so there is nothing to be worried
or scared about. If you are ready to claim your winnings, we will need you to
reconfirm some details of yours.

FULL NAME:
FULL HOME ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
MOBILE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
MODE OF RECEIVING: ATM/CHEQUE/CASH

Those are the details you are to reconfirm in order to claim your winning prize.
The FedEx Delivery Agent are the once in-charge to deliver your winnings to your
doorstep. In other to delivery your winnings to you, you are to pay the sum of
$5000 that covers both your Tax Delivery Fee(Department of Taxation and Finance)
and the FedEx Delivery Fee so your winnings don't get stuck on the way in other
to ensure safe delivery, know that this fee is mandatory from the ADMINISTRATIVE
OF GOOGLE MAILS.

NOTE: Your winnings and other relevant document coming with your fund is
protected by a Hard cover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct
any amount of money before Remittance. This means that the above charge cannot
be deducted from your funds and hence must be provided before your Parcel can be
shipped to you and delivered to your doorstep. This is in Accordance with
Section 13(1) (n) of international Gambling act as Adopted in 1993 and Amended
on 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional Assembly...This is to avoid
Misappropriation of funds.
Note again that the $5000 you are to pay covers both the FedEx Delivery Fee
and the Tax Delivery Fee(Department of Taxation and Finance). We await your reply,

Once again, congratulations and God Bless You.

Yours Faithfully
Mrs Doreen Scott
Google Lottery Winnings.

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