419 scam: "Mrs. Patricia Mahoney" <mrspatriciamahoney8@gmail.com> Contact Us Today For Your Winning Car

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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!
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.
- bestdeliverycompany002@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Patricia Mahoney" <mrspatriciamahoney8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bestdeliverycompany002@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 16:10:12 +0100
Subject: Contact Us Today For Your Winning Car

Reference Number BENZ:2551256003/23.
Mercedes Benz Automobile Company
Official Email: (bestdeliverycompany002@gmail.com)
Hours Of Services: Mondays - Friday hours 8:00 amï¼Ÿ5:00 pm

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is
because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service
Provider, we (Mercedes Benz) urge you to treat it genuinely.

Dear BENZ Enthusiast,

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a prize of a brand
new 2019 Model Mercedes-AMG GT-53 Benz Car fully loaded 4 doors with a
sunroof and a Check of $500,000.00usd from international programs held on
this second section of 2020 in the
Summit ONE, Summit Ave, Farnborough GU14 0FB, UK Mercedes Benz head office.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were
selected.The BENZ Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). To
begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our Mercedes Benz
fiduciary claims department for more information as regards procedures to
claim your Benz winning prize.

Delivery Officer: Agent James Peter
Contact E-mail: bestdeliverycompany002@gmail.com

Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code Number
Benz:2551256003/23. You are also advised to provide to him with the under
listed information as soon as possible:

1. Name in full.
2. Address.
3. Nationality.
4. Age.
5. Phone/Fax.
6. Present Country.
7. Email address.
8. pin code Number Benz:2551256003/23.

Note: Do disregard any email as this is a PROMO Mercedes Benz LOTTERY
DEPARTMENT held this month in the year of 2020.

Mercedes Benz CEO Mr Harald Kruger
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
Text Me On +1 415) 237 7724 Text Only

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