419 scam: Dave Dawes <mmiller@trg.net> YOU ARE BLESSED*

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

Fraud email example:

From: Dave Dawes <mmiller@trg.net>
Reply-To: <dawedaves0@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 08:32:49 -0430
Subject: YOU ARE BLESSED*

Dear Friend,

This is a personal email directed to you. I am Dave Dawes, I and my fiance won

a Jackpot Lottery of 101 million pounds ($154 million) in October, and have

voluntarily decided to donate the sum of 1 million pounds ($1.54 million) to

you as part of our own charity project to improve the lot of 5 unknown lucky

individuals all over the world plus 15 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 us so that we can send your details to the payout bank,

without you even spending any money to claim it.

You can verify this by visiting the web pages below.copy and past the web on your browser.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.html

Best of luck,

Dave Dawes.

The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

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