419 scam: Mr Leon Henry <simon.fernandez@cei-rd.gov.do> Congratulations

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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:
- "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)
- "mrleonhenry@qq.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Leon Henry <simon.fernandez@cei-rd.gov.do>
Reply-To: <mrleonhenry@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:08:53 +0100
Subject: Congratulations

LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
TICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.
Attention Winner:
If you are the correct owner of this email address then be glad this day as the result of the UK lotto online e-mail address free-ticket winning draws of 7th January, 2015 has just been released and we are glad to announce to you that your email address won you the sweep takes in the first category and you are entitled to claim the sum of 1.8 million Pounds.
Your email addresses was entered for the online draw on this Ticket Number: PPFP236566301302 and won on this Lucky Number: MX014927992. You are to contact Mr Leon Henry on the below email address mrleonhenry@qq.com for available options on how to receive your winnings fund.
Note that Mr Leon Henry might fail to recognize you as the true winner and receiver of the one million Eight Hundred Pounds. If you fail to include the following in your contact mail to him:
Your country of origin
Country of residence/work,
Complete official names,
Amount won,
Free ticket and lucky numbers,
Date of draw, address,
Contact telephone and mobile numbers.
Sex, age, occupation and job title
Mr Peter Collins
From: Online Winning Notification Department,

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