419 scam: "Allen and Violet Large" <allenandvioletl@yahoo.ca> Christmas Cash Bonus

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- raymahlbergs.lawfirm@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Allen and Violet Large" <allenandvioletl@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: allenandvioletl@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:47:59 -0300 (PYST)
Subject: Christmas Cash Bonus

Good day To You,

This is a personal email directed to you. I and my wife (Allen and Violet
Large) won a Jackpot Lottery of $11.3 million in July and we don't need
all the money, we have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $1.1m
(USD) to you as part of our own Charity Project to improve the lot of 5
lucky individuals all over the world. If you've received this email then
you are one of the lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back to
our family lawyer with your details, he is in charge of ensuring all
payments are disbursed to the right recipient.

Endeavor to provide the undermentioned information such as: Name, Address,
Phone No, Age and Country of origin of recipient(s) should be forwarded to
the contact information of our lawyer who will monitor the payment to all
recipients given below:

Lawyer Raymond Mahlberg & Co Solicitors.

136 Park Lane
Whitefield
Texas Dallas
M45 7PX

phone: 17-0240-95728
Emails: raymahlbergs.lawfirm@yahoo.com

For more information on our jackpot lottery win please, go to the link
below for confirmation:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/nicest-canadian-couple-world-dole-lottery-winnings.html

Good luck,
Allen and Violet Large

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