419 scam: "Ray & Barbara Wragg"<marketing@ir-international.co.za> RE: Did you get our previous mail, we have tried to reach you

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Ray & Barbara Wragg" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <raybarbbwragg@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 16:10:31 -0800
Subject: RE: Did you get our previous mail, we have tried to reach you

New Page 1

Dear Friend,

My greetings to you and your family, I hope this communication meet you well as you will be curious to know why how I selected you to receive the cash sum of £280,000GBP, our information below is 100% genuine, please see the link below:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5169546/Couple-who-gave-away-5million-of-their-lotto-jackpot.html#

Reference to the information in our article above, We have prayed and searched over the internet for assistance on our decision to donate £280,000GBP to you because i saw your profile on the email account owners list and picked you, we have already finalized our decision to donate the sum of £280,000GBP to you as part of our charity project to improve the lot of five (5) lucky individuals all over the world from our £7.6 million Jackpot Lottery winning funds. Barbara my wife and I have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see, although we won this lottery funds July 2000 this money has been in our possession and we have helped so many charity home organizations from our winnings. Reply me if you have received this message

Kind Regards,

Ray and Barbara Wragg.

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