419 scam: Susan Nelson <abjackson43@students.tntech.edu> Charity Donation Letter

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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)
- "david_susannelson@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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: <david_susannelson@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 15:06:19 -0800
Subject: Charity Donation Letter

How are you and your lovely family? My wife and I won the biggest Euro Millions lottery prize of £1,000,000.00 GBP and we just commenced our Charity Donation and your email address was chosen as one of the five Lucky winner who won cash donation of £250,000.00 GBP and ten(10)charity organizations from any part of the world.. I quit understand how surprise you are feeling right now,You have to be very happy because of the biggest prize yor have won , My wife and i decided to donate £250,000.00 GBP to you and as part of my effort to alleviate poverty and care for the less privileged around the world .We decided to donate to just 5 people around the globe which you are a part of.
So do get back me quickly via my personal email id. Take note (david_susannelson@outlook.com)
Do Provide the following information below when contacting me
Name:
Address:
Country of Residence:
Mobile Number:
Date of Birth:
occupation:

I anticipate your quick response with the above details

We are very happy because when we won the Euro Millions lottery prize of £1,000,000.00 GBP. Year 16th April, 2013 we thought this was a scam but we stood by ourselves and prayed to God almighty. Please see the link below.

http://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2013-05-09/swansea-llansamlet-couple-susan-david-nelson-euromillions-one-million-win/

Warm Regards
David and Susan Nelson

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