419 scam: "Mr. Dave Dawes" <dave@yahoo.co.uk> Hello!!!

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million pounds" (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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Dave Dawes" <dave@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: infocharless@lawyer.com
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:22:29 -0400
Subject: Hello!!!

Dear friend

This is a personal email directed to you. I am Dave Dawes, my fiancee and I
won a Jackpot Lottery of 101 million pounds (101,000,000.00
GBP=128,315,499.32 EUR) in October, and have voluntarily decided to donate
the sum of 1 million pounds (1,000,000.00 GBP=1,270,437.70 EUR) to you as
part of our own charity project to improve the lot of 5 unknown lucky
individuals all over the world plus 15 close friends and family. If you have
received this email then you are one of the lucky recipients and Please
contact my legal adviser Barr.charles based in United Kingdom because I have
given him instructions to deliver this money to you as soon as possible.

You can contact my legal adviser Barr. charles his email [ davedawes0147@outlook.com ] just tell him that you are contacting him under
instruction from Code:BMUTU992 he will honor my WILL and pay you within
Fourth eight hours. Please send him your I.D,phone and address for
verification and payment processing.My spirit will be uplifted once you get
this money.

You can verify this by visiting the web pages below.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-togive-millions-to-friends-and-family.html

Best of luck,
BMUTU992

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