419 scam: Maj HolyBrair <callus@qdwxs.com> CONGRATULATIONS! READ AND REPLY URGENTLY

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Maj HolyBrair <callus@qdwxs.com>
Reply-To: forex@thedaniex.com
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:06:24 -0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! READ AND REPLY URGENTLY

™BlackBerry WorldWide Award Inc®
The Department Of International
Bureau Exchange Controlling Desk.
4-10 Broadway, SW1H 0BG, United Kingdom

Attention BlackBerry Winner
IN: bb/25/08/PAY-2.5
BlackBerry Q5 Mobile Phone

CONGRATULATIONS/HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY. FROM
BLACKBERRY OS ANDROID 2014 AWARD OFFICE.

Congratulations this message is FROM BLACKBERRY OS ANDROID 2014 AWARD
OFFICE, Notifying you for urgent claims of your award. We have
approved you worthy for claims. Check Attachment and read The
comprehensive information to receive your award prize sum of One
Million Eight Hundred And Sixty Thousand $US Dollars, download the
attachment and provide your details for remittance

We the BlackBerry Rim Limited has come together to bring all smart
phones together to be able to communicate through BlackBerry Massager
on all Android Supporting Mobile Phone. A new great Benefit to your
mobile Smartphone is that you can ping BlackBerry Phones with any
mobile having Android supported phone.

PLEASE CHECK ATTACHMENT, YOU WILL SEE BLACKBERRY OFFICIAL LETTER

Yours Faithfully
Mr Maj HolyBrair,

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