419 scam: "Manuel Franco" <jcruz@munichorrillos.gob.pe> (no subject)

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million 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)
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Manuel Franco" <jcruz@munichorrillos.gob.pe>
Reply-To: mfrancoproject2019@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:39:31 +0100
Subject:

Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Manuel Franco, i am 24 years old from West Allis Wisconsin, USA. On March 27th, 2019, I was declared the winner of $768.4 Million Dollars which is the largest Powerball jackpot in history of Wisconsin State. My family and i have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $500,000.00 USD to you, this being part of our Manuel Franco Donation Project(MFDP) which is to financially support Ten(10) lucky people and ten(10) charity organisations from different parts of the world. Your email was luckily selected via a Google & Facebook sponsored email-draws, and we decided to put this on the internet for the world to see in other to relinquish any doubts. Please follow the News Link below for more info;

https://abcnews.go.com/US/winner-768-million-powerball-jackpot-revealed/story?id=62571392

Also,for immediate release of this donation funds to you, kindly send your *Full Names:......,*Tel:..... *Age:..... & *Country:.....and we will instruct our payout Bank release the sum of $500,000.00 USD to you so that you can help your family and friends and also begin the charitable work to the less priviledge in your state/country.

Manuel Franco.
Copyright 2019 Manuel Franco Donation Project All Rights Reserved .

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