419 scam: POST SERVICE <awalouomorou@gmail.com> Benachrichtigung

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

Fraud email example:

From: POST SERVICE <awalouomorou@gmail.com>
Reply-To: courierrservicetg@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:59:24 +0000
Subject: Benachrichtigung

Diese Nachricht soll Sie darauf aufmerksam machen, dass Ihre E-Mail-Adresse
diesen Monat die Summe von nur 1.700.000,00 Dollar {EINE MILLION
SIEBENHUNDERTTAUSEND DOLLAR} bei unserer Lotteriegesellschaft MULTI LOTTO
gewonnen hat und Ihr Geld in eine ATM-Visa-Karte umgewandelt wird, an die
es geliefert werden kann Sie durch Kurierdienst.

Wir haben Ihr Visa Karten Paket beim Kurierdienst hinterlegt und weisen ihn
an, uns bei der Zustellung Ihres Visakartenpakets zu helfen, sobald er von
Ihnen hÃ¶rt. Wenden Sie sich daher bitte Ã¼ber diese E-Mail hier {
courierrservicetg@gmail.com} an den Zustelldienst Bitten Sie sie, Ihnen
Ihre ATM-Visa-Karte auszuhÃ¤ndigen, die von der Multi Lotto Lottery
Organization im Firmen Verwahrungsort hinterlegt wird.

Aufrichtig,
Herr Oskar Felix.
Direktor der Multi-Lotto-Gesellschaft.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam