419 scam: Mr Leo mark <mitsuko-k@docomonet.jp> Good Day

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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.
- noahjacob838@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Leo mark <mitsuko-k@docomonet.jp>
Reply-To: "noahjacob838@gmail.com" <noahjacob838@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 23:07:05 +0900
Subject: Good Day

This is to inform you that you have just been selected as a lucky winner from the Arcus Foundation email lottery draws that is usually held twice in every year. Arcus Foundation organize this promotion welfare support scheme in other to compensate consumers of the product in the world at large for their infinite supports towards the growth of the company All participants for the online version were selected randomly from worldwide websites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations and co-operate bodies that are listed online. Hence you have won $850,000.00 Dollars. Your email account has been picked as a one of the lucky winner of $850,000.00 dollars.

Your funds have been credited into a bank debit card for the delivery to your house address. We strongly advise you to keep your winning information confidential until your bank debit card is processed and delivered to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. For more information and clarification, you are expected to contact our zonal coordinator for claims. Email( noahjacob838@gmail.com ) Mr. Jacob Noah,

Best regards,
Dr. Leo Mark
(Payments Committee)

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