419 scam: "David & Maureen Smith" <210.56.16.10@lhr.comsats.net.pk> Official Congratulation

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- "million us dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "keep your winnings confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "David & Maureen Smith" <210.56.16.10@lhr.comsats.net.pk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: davidmaureensmith@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 14:29:21 +0800
Subject: Official Congratulation

Hello ,

Me and my wife Maureen wish to officially congratulate you again for the
draw that was just held by our attorney which featured you as the 3rd
place winner as shocking as this may seem but it is very true and
legitimate just like the way we felt when we won the Latest Powerball
Lottery and had a take home amount of $328 Million USD (Three Hundred And
Twenty Eight Million US Dollars ) and we are donating the sum of
$3,000,000 (Three Million U.S Dollars ) solely to you and all you are to
do is fill in the below information so we can forward your details to our
attorney to enable her proceed with every legal processing and immediate
remittance to you.

Your email address with *DONATION NUMBER*(DAV/MAU-770-671GZW G-12-80)
drawn to be our third place receiver of a cash sum of $3,000,000 Million
United State Dollars for completing simple online surveys and using the
internet both indoors, your phone and in your office which the winners
were randomly selected emails from domain website found in database
enabled and powered by computer generated draw system. This money and gift
we believe will enable you make some impact in the society it will be our
greatest pleasure to know that you will be able to utilize the funds well
and help the needy around you

Note:It took us a month before we came forward to claim our prize as we
are quite couples and like privacy, quietness and confidentiality so you
are to keep the details of your win very confidential to yourself until
your funds get to you soonest because we have been fully informed about
the rate of scams going on the net nowadays this is the more reason why we
have decided to follow up the remittance process personally

View more details of our wining in the links below

http://heavy.com/news/2016/02/david-kaltschmidt-and-maureen-smith-florida-powerball-winner-fl-name-who-won-1-billion-jackpot-photos-pictures-job-bio-family-facebook-twitter/

https://www.casino.org/news/latest-powerball-couple-was-sleepless-in-florida-over-328-million-lottery-win

Your are to fill in information below

Name :
Age :
Address :
Country :
Phone Number :

We Expect your response soonest so our lawyer can proceed and note you
are to keep your winnings confidential and you will be interviewed by the
media once you receive your funds

God Bless You Always
David & Maureen Smith

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