419 scam: "Alba Mora" <albamora@udea.edu.co> From Margaret

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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)
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: margaretloughrey14@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 01:57:25 -0400
Subject: From Margaret

Good Day

I am Margaret Loughrey, I won a Jackpot Lottery of Â£27 Million (Â£27,000,000.00
Euro) on 03/Dec/2013, After taken care of
the needs and that of my immediate family, I have decided every month to
donate the sum of 1 Million Euro (Â£1,000,000.00
euro) to an individual as part of my own charity project to improve the lot,
One person each from 12 unknown lucky
individuals all over the world plus 11 close friends and family. If you have
received this email then you are one of the
lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back with me with your

NAME,
ADDRESS
and CONTACT NUMBER

so that we can send your details to the payout bank. You can verify this by
visiting the web pages below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25178018

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/unemployed-margaret-loughrey-wins-
lottery-2877646

We anticipate your earliest response.

Best of luck,
Margaret Loughrey
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What can you do when you receive 419 spam