419 scam: "Darlington Carl (Franchise) (UK)" <Carl.Darlington@store.o2.com> 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.
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: "Darlington Carl (Franchise) (UK)" <Carl.Darlington@store.o2.com>
Reply-To: "charleswrightdepartment@hotmail.com"
<charleswrightdepartment@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 04:30:30 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION !!!

You Won £750,000.00 in this years Lottery promotion Held 5th January 2018 in the United Kingdom Happy New Yaar Once Again and Big Congratulation To claim your prize. Send; Full Names,Address, Occupation,Tel, Age, To Barr Charles Wright

This electronic message is sent by a franchisee of Telefonica UK Limited and neither Telefonica UK Limited nor any member of Telefonica Europe plc is responsible for its contents. This electronic message may contain information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify the sender immediately.

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