419 scam: Mavis Wanczyk <admin@benoros.gq> Congratulation from Mavis L Social Network Project

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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: Mavis Wanczyk <admin@benoros.gq>
Reply-To: Larry Brent <larrybrentlaw@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 04:23:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Congratulation from Mavis L Social Network Project

Hello,

Congratulations

You have been selected to receive the cash sum of $1,850,000.00 USD from the Mavis L Wanczyk Social Network Project.

As a means of giving back, I have recently decided with the support of my family to voluntarily donate part of my won lottery funds to 10 randomly selected persons from different part of the world as a charitable project to improve the lives of 10 different individuals all over the world through this Social Network Project.

If you have received this message, then you have been selected to be among the 10 lucky recipients of this Social Network Project and you are about to make a huge financial improvement.

Kindly open and read the attached file for further information on the program.

Best Regards,
Mavis L Wanczyk

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