419 scam: "Mr.Shawn David."<shawn.david009@att.net> COMPENSATION AND FINANCE HOUSE HEAD OFFICE

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- tracy.morgan101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Shawn David." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tracy.morgan101@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:53:11 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION AND FINANCE HOUSE HEAD OFFICE

COMPENSATION AND FINANCE HOUSE HEAD OFFICE

We are hereby happy to inform you that you emerge as one of the

winners in the lucky pick of email address on the web.

The funds won is used as a compensation to the numerous internet

users, and gotten from the non-claims of winning check of last years

lotto winners in the UK lottery international promotions.

To that effect, We had to organize a lucky dip of all e-mail

addresses on the web and sectioned them into zones such as the

Europe,Asia,America,Africa and the rest of the world.

So therefore,your winning had been sent down to the compensation agent

in charge of that region in the person of MR TRACY MORGAN You will have

to make contact with him, and follow due procedures to effect the

claims of your package which contains a winning check of ($3,000,000.00

USD) Three Million United States Dollars for your prompt claims.

COMPENSATION AND FINANCE HOUSE HEAD OFFICE

Finance and Security House

Name: MR TRACY MORGAN

E-mail: tracy.morgan101@gmail.com

Finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to the MR TRACY MORGAN at the finance house on your behalf to send the funds to you as soon as you contact him without delay.

We require your information's to facilitate the your claims:

1.Full Names:

2.Residential Address:

3.Phone Number:

4.Fax Number:

5.Occupation:

6.Sex:

7.Age

8.Nationality:

9.Present Country:

Regards,

Mr.Shawn David.

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