419 scam: Jenny Williams <jenifer_williams14@att.net> From Mrs Jennifer, Congratulations !!!!!!!!

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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: Jenny Williams <jenifer_williams14@att.net>
Reply-To: missjennifa1@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:22:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Mrs Jennifer, Congratulations !!!!!!!!

Dear lucky Winner,

We write to inform You that your email address has won a price in our microsoft end of year promotion for Internet Ussers which was drawn in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire West Africa. Your email address has been selected and was attached to our Microsoft end of year Promotion for Internet Users and you fall a winner on the 4th category scadled for 2009-2010 section.

In this regards we write to anounce to you that you have won the total sum of $1, 000,000,00 (One Million United State Dollars) in our Microsoft end of year promotion.

Bellow is your winning information;

Your Batch #.15558.
Your Titled name, winner #: 2.
Your Reference #: ES/NP/CC/10.

You are required to send us the bellow informations as indicated bellow:

Your full name: ............
Address: ...................
Country of origin: ...........
Age and Sex: ...........
Telephone / Fax #: ..........
A Pasport Copy, or ID card: ......

We anticipated to hear from you as urgent as possible in other to enable us process your winning price, and a confirmation receipt and the winning Certificate will be forwarded to you as you indicate an option in which your winning price will be sent to you VIA electric wire transfer or by Cheque.

Congratulations and best regards,

(MRS) Jennifer Williams.
Co_odinator Microsoft Auditorium Union.
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