419 scam: "JOSEPH TOWNSEND"<j@egw2.housing.gov.sa> D o n a t i o n

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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)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- josephtownsennd@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JOSEPH TOWNSEND" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <josephtownsennd@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 02:04:21 -0700
Subject: D o n a t i o n

Dear Beneficiary,

This notification is from JOHNNIE TAYLOR Legal representative and you are to benefit from the above mentioned family charity project aimed at touching lives and helping those in need across the world as God has blessed him.
This donation of $4M(Four Million United States Dollar) is made out to you and mostly to generously help Johnnie Taylor extend hands of giving to the less privileged, orphans and charity organizations within your locality.
Johnnie Taylor won the Powerball Jackpot of $476M in NEW YORK LOTTERY DRAW on April 14,2023 and voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $100M to charity and medical support.
All participants were selected randomly through email addresses extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies .
Should you wish to verify, below are links to that effect.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mega-millions-6623-winner-johnnie-taylor-b2353056.html
Kindly forward your Message of Acceptance to : josephtownsennd@gmail.com

Barr. Joseph Townsend (ESQ)
Kleinman Ginzberg LLP

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