419 scam: "COLIN AND CHRIS WEIR"<colinchrisweir@donor.com> Re: YOUR VOLUNTARY DONATION

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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:
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "COLIN AND CHRIS WEIR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <colinchrisweir2011@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:27:43 -0400
Subject: Re: YOUR VOLUNTARY DONATION

My wife and I won the sum of 161,653,000 EuroMillions and have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of 1,000,000 (One Million Euro) to you as part of our own 2013 charity project to improve the lot of 5 lucky individuals all over thecontinents of the world.

To verify,please see our interview by visiting the web page below:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3697016/EuroMillions-winners-Colin-and-Chris-Weir-161653000-smackers.html

http://metro.co.uk/2011/07/15/euromillions-winners-colin-and-chris-weir-we-didnt-sleep-all-night-78569/

Your email address was among the emails which were submitted to us by the Google, Inc as a Web User;

If you have received our email please, kindly send us the below details so that we can transfer your 1,000,000 (One Million Euro) in your name or direct our bank to effect the transfer of the funds to your operational bank account in your country.

1. Full Name:.....................
2. Contact Address:.....................
3. Home Telephone Number if any:.....................
4. Mobile Number:.....................
5. Sex:.....................
6. Age::.....................
7. Occupation::.....................
8. Nationality:.....................

Good Luck,
Colin and Chris Weir.

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