419 scam: Marina Luda <johnandersonj450@yahoo.com> You should read and reply for your claims

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
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.
- magrathwalsh@writeme.com (Writeme; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Marina Luda <johnandersonj450@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: FidelJohnson333@mail.com
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:58:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: You should read and reply for your claims

Congratulation!!!

Sweepstakes Winners and Their Prizes,

This is to inform you that your email address have won a prize money of One Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollar (US 1,500,000.00) for 2019 Prize promotion which

was organized by UNITED NATIONS through the network of email services providers like YAHOO, AOL, WINDOWS LIVE, MSN, HOTMAIL and others. Computer balloting system

collects all the email addresses of the people that are registered online, among the millions that subscribed to email service providers in every two years to benefit

from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/08/APA-43658, REFERENCE NUMBER:

2008234522, PIN: 1208 WINNING NUMBER: 01 14 21 30 35 48. You are requested to send the following your full information to our fiduciary agent and your winning

identification numbers for payment of your winning fund.

[1] Full Names: ___________

[2] Contact address: ___________

[3] Direct Telephone No: ________________

[4] Occupation: __________

[5] Age: _______________

[6] Sex: _______________

[7] Country: _______________

[8] Your ID or valid passport copy. ___________________

I wait for your urgent respond for the claims of your fund.

Thanks for your maximum co-operation.

Mr. Hagrath Walsh
Secretary United Nation organization
Privet Email: magrathwalsh@writeme.com

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