419 scam: "Peggy"<pegpal@wanadoo.es> RE: newsletter

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",000,000" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Peggy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pegpalemlp@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 00:06:48 -0700
Subject: RE: newsletter

REF NO: ESC/11500369/32
BATCH NO: SLI/028/O5

ATTENTION: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

We are pleased to inform you about the results of the 2019 EURO-MILLON INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS held on the 12/9/2019, which was organized by our Lottery department to promote and encourage international participation in our yearly high stake lottery. All participants' email addresses were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. Mr. Colin and Christine Weir who won the sum of $161million euros from the Euro Million Jackpot;

Kindly Check this article below for further clarification;

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18801698

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015539/Euromillions-winners-flee-Spain-begging-letters-pour-in.html

However, Mr. Colin and Christine Weir decided to share some part of their Fortune among the world through their 2020 Weir Family donation campaign which will go through the remaining quarter of the year 2020, Under the Approval EURO-MILLON INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS. Your email address was attached to ticket number; 12324277, serial number 6663817262, this batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 5, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of US$1.8 Million (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) file REF NO: ESC/11500369/32 from the total cash prize of $15,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky winners, based on their category. Your Winning Prize will be made available to you once you contact our Accredited Agent Peggy Palmer with Serial registration number PQ/C.C/006564W.

Do reconfirm your approval to proceed via further communication with the Agent through the following details: Full Name: mailing Address: City: State: Zip Code: Direct Phone Number as Further Clarification will be narrated to you soon.

NB; please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and address to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advise all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Your Sincerely
Peggy Palmer (Mrs).
Online coordinator for EUROMILLIONS
Sweepstakes International Program.

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