419 scam: "Nancy"<admin5545@compuserve.com> Congratulations once again.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- bluefinancial@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nancy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nancyjohnsonnancy1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:08:03 -0800
Subject: Congratulations once again.

GOOGLE EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
RE: PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE (WE ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION).
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draws of GOOGLE LOTTERY INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws.

The draws were held on 19th of Jan 2019 and results are being officially announced on 21st of Jan 2018. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

We are therefore wish to notify you that your Email Address happened to come out on top as 20 lucky winners out of the 130 email addresses on the BALLOT DRAW. And this had made you one of the lucky Jackpot Winner of the Sum of US$ 950,000.00 (Nine hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollar) which is the winning payout for Category A winners.

To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding Agent with the following information for quick and urgent release of your prize.

(1) Full Names, (2) Residential Address, (3) Phone Numbers, (4) Fax Numbers: (5) Email Address, (6) Nationality, (7) Sex, (8) Age, (9) Occupation.

The agent contact information is as follows:-
Lotto Creo Professional.
Mr. Pete Godson
Emails: bluefinancial@accountant.com.

Congratulations once again.
Regards

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