419 scam: info@lee.org HURRAY !! Russian World Cup Winner (RWCW).

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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.
- t.adrik@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@lee.org
Reply-To: info246@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:08:21 -0800
Subject: HURRAY !! Russian World Cup Winner (RWCW).

Russian World Cup Winner (RWCW). Batch Number: RU/FIFA//RWCW/8056490765. C=
onfirmation Number: RU/77801209/RWCW. Serial Number: #209968/02. Lucky Numb=
ers: #8765596746. OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION: We wish to announce officially to =
you that your name was selected as a winner, for the 2020 Russian=99 Fifa p=
romotions for worldwide Corona virus support program. This program is organ=
ized to support people financially, because of the COVID-19 situation aroun=
d the world. This is to inform you that you have won a prize of EUR.980.000=
.00 (Nine Hundred And Eighty Thousand Euro). General Payment Terms And Cond=
itions (GPTCs): Your fund will be released to you through any of our region=
al payment banks within Europe, your file will be processed simultaneously,=
as directed by the authority. You are to contact the procession department=
through the Coordinator, Email: t.adrik@yahoo.com You have to send these f=
ollowing information's to the procession department, through the General Co=
ordinator (Prof.Adrik Tolinyev) for further procession: ** Full Name: ** Ad=
dress: ** Date of birth: ** Age: ** Tel No: ** Occupation: ** Sex: ** Marit=
al Status: ** Country: ** Serial Number: ** Lucky numbers: Your won prize o=
f EUR.980.000.00 Euro (Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand Euro), is available=
to be released to you. Congratulations on your winnings ! Yours in service=
, Prof.Adrik Tolinyev. Email: t.adrik@yahoo.com (General Coordinator).=20

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