419 scam: Daochai Amporn <johnlucass2018@gmail.com> Dear Winner,

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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:
- "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)
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.
- officialmessage75@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Daochai Amporn <johnlucass2018@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officialmessage75@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:35:12 -0700
Subject: Dear Winner,

--
QATAR FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
LOTTERY PROMOTION CENTER
Federation Interationale de Football Association
FIFA Strasse 20,
P.O Box 7044 Zurich,
Switzerland.

Dear Winner,

FIFA ORGANIZATION! announces you as one of the 7 lucky winners in the
ongoing 10 Yers FIFA lottery Award of the Year 2022 Held these month
of August in Zurich, Switzerland, through an open computer ballot JAVA
system. This promotional Lottery Draws sponsored by Apple Inc,
Microsoft and World Bank Organization to help provide financial
assistance to families and companies across the glob and also to
support the up coming Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 Game.

All participants email was automatically selected in the draw as
Microsoft collected all the active email users globally for this
promotion. Your email account attached to Reference Number
FWC986832022 was drawn to win you the
prize in the category "A" Therefore your lucky number has been issued
for you to claim your lottery prize 980-2022-4435-98.

The sum of US$2,500.000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) ONLY would be transferred to you within 7 working
days, The beneficiaries are required to claim their lottery price
before the end of FIFA World Cup Competition 2022.

FOR YOUR LOTTERY CLAIM, KINDLY, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BELOW.

NAME:
ADDRESS:
MOBILE NUMBER:
NEXT OF KIN NAME:

Forward the above information to our lottery agent Mr. Daochai Amporn
in USA for your lottery claim EMAIL: (officialmessage75@gmail.com)

Congratulations once again!

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Daochai Amporn

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