419 scam: "Hon. Mr. Donna brown"<A??????_???652@mweb.net> online email address winnings

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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:

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:
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon. Mr. Donna brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrrobro16@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 02:14:07 +0100
Subject: online email address winnings

Good Day

If you are the correct owner of this email address then be glad this day as the result of the Canadian lottery online e-mail address free-ticket winning draws of 8 June 2023, held in Toronto Canada has just been released and we are glad to announce to you that your email address won
you the sweepstakes in the first category and you are entitled to claim the sum of $48.8Million, Your email address was entered for the online draw on this Free Ticket Numbers: CA76869696453212 and won on this Lucky Numbers: ANa769884532548.

You are to contact Mr. Douglas T. Moore on the below email address for quick delivery of your cheque of $48.8Million. Note that all winners'cheques are certified cashiers bank cheques and when delivered and received by you, you can cash it in your bank without any delay. To enable
Mr. Douglas T. Moore ascertain you as the rightful winner and receiver of the $48.8Million, certified cashiers bank cheque, make sure you include the below listed information in your contact mail to Mr. Douglas T. Moore Your country of origin and country of residence/work, complete official names, amount won, free ticket and lucky numbers, date of draw, address
where you wish to receive your certified cashiers bank cheque, contact telephone, Sex and Age.

Below is the contact information of the bank where you need to claim your winning prize.

Royal Bank OF Canada
Address: Royal Bank of Canada 10 York Mills Rd. 3rd Floor Toronto, ON M2P
E-mail: rbcc@rbc-ne.ca
Name Mr Douglas T. Moore
Cell Phone +1 416 907 9872

Just in case you are thinking of how you won without entering, then know again that this very draw of the CA Lottery Organization in which you have emerged as a winner was a free ticket online email address draws where thousands of email addresses was collected from almost all
world wide websites and used for the online draws/sweepstakes and during winners selection your email address came out among the first ten which won you the lottery in the first winnings category and entitles you to claim the certified cashiers bank cheque of $48.8Million,

Yours in service
Hon. Mr. Donna brown

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