419 scam: Murrain William <fundservices38@gmail.com> Hello My Dear,

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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: Murrain William <fundservices38@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fracso1948@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 04:41:04 -0700
Subject: Hello My Dear,

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Hello My Dear,

You have been rewarded (US$550,000.00) Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand
United State Dollars by the (UNO) United Nation Organization under the
auspices of (UNCC) United Nation Compensation Commission. United Nation
compensation commission union pay committee ATM international Incorporation
Sweep-Stakes Award Promotion. Your name was short-listed in our list and
that is why we are contacting you which has been agreed upon and assigned
by the United Nations Board of Directors and Trustees.

However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Master Card Number:
5490-****-****-8767, Ticket Number: UNC/ 104600387/US, Reference Number.:
LPL/037/12.US, Lucky Number: 101-418-43-252 and Batch Number:
AIC/7416/VA.3/US has been approved and upgraded in your favor. Meanwhile,
your Secret Pin Number will be made available to you as soon as you confirm
the receipt of your ATM card in your care. The ATM card value is
US$550,000.00 Only, and your maximum withdrawal per day is US$10,000.00 as
programmed.

However, your issued ATM MASTER CARD has been registered with FedEx
International for delivery for you. Below is your ATM MASTER CARD PARCEL
FedEx Tracking Number: (800277347645).

www.fedex.com/tracking
Tracking number: 800277347645

Therefore contact the FedEx Director (Mr.Franck David) on this email
address below with your current and complete information to avoid mistake
in delivery your CARD to you.

Contact Person: (Mr.Franck David)
e-mail Address: (fracs1948@outlook.com <fracso1948@outlook.com>)

Take note, only fee you have to send to the FedEx International for them to
complete the delivery of your Package for you is just US$75 only. This is
the Security fee of your Package and you have to send to the FedEx Security
department because it is only paid at dispatching day. So FedEx
International is expectantly waiting for you to reconfirm your information
with them and to send the Security fee of $75 before dispatching your
MASTER CARD for you.

Contact the Director immediately with your complete information below and
also send Security fee at once to enable to ship your CARD for you today:

Your Full Names:===Your Current Address:===Your Cell Number:===ID Card:====
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your compensation donation
fund information confidential until your claim is processed and your fund
issued/remitted to you, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Yours in Service,
Mrs. Murrain William

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