419 scam: Adrian Bayford <joshualuke219@gmail.com> Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance.

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- bayfordadrian62@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Adrian Bayford <joshualuke219@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bayfordadrian62@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 23:39:01 -0700
Subject: Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance.

Dear Beneficiary,

This is an official message directed to you from Mr. & Mrs. Adrian
Bayford. My entire family and I have voluntarily decided to donate
this $14,865,000.00USD (fourteen Million Eight Hundred and sixty five
Thousand US Dollars)
to you out of our won prize of Â£148,656,000 (One Hundred and Fourty
fourteen Million eight Hundred and Sixty five Thousand dollars). This
$14,865,000.00USD which i and my wife is donating to you is part of our
won prize money to you in our ongoing 2022 donations.for you and your
families including the orphanage
homes right in your country together with others in need do to the bad
economy all over the world,

You are very lucky to have received this fortune from me and my entire
family this year 2022, and all you need to do is to get back to us via
my lovely wife personal
email (bayfordadrian62@gmail.com) with your complete name & the name of
your country so that you can be directed to our paying bank as to
enable you contact them for immediate payment.

Please kindly verify this by visiting our winning web pages below;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187999/Will-148m-EuroMillions-
jackpot-winner-share-fortune-long-lost-half-brother-met.html

Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance.

God Bless You
Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Bayford

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